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The book puts emphasis on sensor materials, detector structures, front electronics technology and their designs as well as system optimization for different applications. Also, it includes characterization measurements of the developed detection systems.
List of contents
1. CdZnTe and CdTe Crystals for Medical Applications. 2. A First Principle Method to Simulate the Spectral Response of CdZnTe-Based X- and Gamma-Ray Detectors. 3. Application Specific Geometric Optimization of CdTe and CdZnTe Detector Arrays. 4. Photon-Integrating Hybrid Pixel Array Detectors for High-Energy X-Ray Applications. 5. Position-Sensitive Virtual Frisch-Grid Detectors for Imaging and Spectroscopy of Gamma Rays. 6. Detector Design for Surgical Guidance. 7. Development of Energy-Integrating Detectors for Large-Area X-Ray Imaging. 8. Silicon Photomultipliers in Scintillation Detectors for Nuclear Medicine. 9. Tip Avalanche Photodiode – a New Wide Spectral Range Silicon Photomultiplier. 10. Silicon Photomultiplier-Based Scintillation Detectors for Photon-Counting X-Ray Imaging.
About the author
Jan Iwanczyk is a consultant to Universities and private companies since July 2017. He has served as a President and CEO of DxRay, Inc., Northridge, California, from 2005 to 2017.
Krzysztof (Kris) Iniewski is managing R&D development activities at Redlen Technologies Inc., a detector company based in British Columbia, Canada. During his 15 years at Redlen he has managed development of highly integrated CZT detector products in medical imaging and security applications.
Summary
The book puts emphasis on sensor materials, detector structures, front electronics technology and their designs as well as system optimization for different applications. Also, it includes characterization measurements of the developed detection systems.
