Solid-State radiation detectors technology and applications

The book discusses the current solid state material used in advance detectors manufacturing and their pros and cons and how one can tailor them using different techniques, to get the maximum performance. The book is application oriented to radiation detectors for medical, X and gamma rays applicatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Awadalla, Salah (Editor), Iniewski, Krzysztof (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL CRC Press 2015
Series:Devices, Circuits, and Systems
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Modern Semiconductor Pixel Detectors Used as Radiation Monitors
  • CdZnTe for Gamma- and X-Ray Applications
  • CdTe and CdZnTe Small Pixel Imaging Detectors
  • CdTe/CZT Spectrometers with 3-D Imaging Capabilities
  • CdTe Pixel Detectors for Hard X-Ray Astronomy
  • Technology Needs for Modular Pixel Detectors
  • Single Photon Processing Hybrid Pixel Detectors
  • Integrated Analog Signal-Processing Readout Front Ends for Particle Detectors
  • Spectral Molecular CT with Photon-Counting Detectors
  • Characterization of Photon-Counting Detectors with Synchrotron Radiation
  • Organic Semiconducting Single Crystals as Novel Room-Temperature, Low-Cost Solid-State Direct X-Ray Detectors
  • Lanthanum Halide and Cerium Bromide Scintillators
  • Novel X- and Gamma-Ray Detectors Based on Metamaterials
  • Gamma-Imaging Devices Based on Position-Sensitive Photomultipliers
  • Silicon Photomultipliers for High-Performance Scintillation Crystal Read-Out Applications