Somewhat Different Applications of Hybrid Photon Counting Pixel Detectors
Abstract
The Medipix-detectors have orginally been developed for X-ray imaging purposes. During the last years, a variety of other applications have appeared, ranging from time-projection chambers, electron microscopy to mass spectrometry. In this contribution we will present different applications for hybrid photon counting pixel detectors namely radiation monitoring, X-ray polarimetry or the detection of optical photons in a hybrid photon detector, which all use either the energy resolved capabilities or the time-resolution of the Timepix. As an application in the core field, we will present a material resolving X-ray imaging method with Medipix2, which has large potential in medical imaging.
- Publication:
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Astroparticle, Particle and Space Physics, Detectors and Medical Physics Applications
- Pub Date:
- April 2010
- DOI:
- 10.1142/9789814307529_0106
- Bibcode:
- 2010apsp.conf..641M
- Keywords:
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- Medipix;
- Timepix;
- material resolved imaging;
- radiation monitoring;
- X-ray polarization;
- HPD