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Direct conversion semiconductor detectors for radiation imaging

Abbaszadeh et al., 2017

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14050867970925855931
Author
Abbaszadeh S
Levin C
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Semiconductor Radiation Detectors

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This chapter discusses the key properties of photoconductive materials for high-performance direct conversion detectors for medical imaging applications. It presents two commercially available direct conversion photoconductors, amorphous selenium (a-Se) for large area x …
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