X-ray spectroscopy in mammography with a silicon PIN photodiode with application to the measurement of tube voltage

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2996-3003

  Künzel, Roseli ^a   Herdade, Silvio Bruni ^a   Terini, Ricardo Andrade ^b   Costa, Paulo Roberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Cidade Universitária   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CZT; kV; Mammography; PIN photodiodes; X ray spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM METALLOGRAPHY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MOLYBDENUM; PHOTODIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOYS; SILICON; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC ALLOYS; ZINC METALLOGRAPHY;

CDZNTE DETECTORS; CONSTANT POTENTIAL; MAMMOGRAPHIC; PIN PHOTODIODE; TUBE VOLTAGES; X-RAY EQUIPMENTS; X-RAY SPECTRA;

X RAY DETECTORS;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; MOLYBDENUM; SILICON; TELLURIUM; TUNGSTEN; ZINC;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DEVICE; DIODE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FILTRATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZATION CHAMBER; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROMETER; XEROMAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 9244230589     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1803432     Document Type: Article

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