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Proceedings of the Sth International Conference on Position-Sensitive Detectors
University College London, London, UK, September 13-17, 1999
Editors: A.J. Bird, P.R. Hobson, G.J. Royle, A. Smith
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Section Ia. Techniques: Gaseous detectors
Micro-pattern gas detectors
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Micro capillary glass plates as a gaseous detector of photons and particles
S. Giunji, V. Peskov, H. Sakurai, E. Silin, T. Sokolova and I. Radionov.................0200008- 8
Development of a new multi-grid-type microstrip gas chamber
H. Takahashi, K. Mori, K. Yokoi, D. Fukuda, M. Nakazawa, N. Yasuda, M. Yamamoto and K. Hasegawa 13
High-resolution TOF with RPCs
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Recent experimental results with MICROMEGAS
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A gas microstrip detector for X-ray imaging with readout of the anode by resistive division
J.E. Bateman, J.F. Connolly, A.B. Lodge, R. Stephenson, R. Mutikainen, I. Suni and J. Morse........ 29
Limits to proportionality in the double GEM detector
T.L. van Vuure, F.D. van den Berg, C.W.E. van Eijk and R.W. Hollander...................54-,
Recent results on a simple scheme for 2D localization of particles in a wire chamber
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Use of a MicroStrip Gas Chamber conductive capillary plate for time-resolved X-ray area detection
A. Ochi, T. Tanimori, Y. Nishi, Y. Nishi, T. Nagayoshi, Y. Ohashi, H. Uekusa and H. Toyokawa......
Imaging micro-well proportional counters fabricated with masked UV laser ablation
P. Deines-Jones, J.K. Black, H. Crawford and S.D. Hunter2..2.... 0.0. .ee.e .e.e. .ee e
A gas scintillation counter with imaging optics and large area UV-detector
J. Nickles, H. Braéuning, A. Braéuning-Demian, V. Dangendorf, A. Breskin, R. Chechik, K. Rauschnabel and
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Performances of the leak microstructures
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Section Ib. Techniques: Scintillators and photomultipliers
Scintillation arrays characterization for photon emission imaging
R. Pani, R. Scafé, R. Pellegrini, A. Soluri, G. Trotta, L. Indovina, M.N. Cinti and G. De Vincentis.....
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Photon counting with the Hamamatsu H6568 multi-anode photomultiplier
A.J. Soares, I. Cullum, D.J. Miller, G.J. Royle, R.D. Speller and J. Thomas...................... 77
A TOF-PET system for educational purposes
T. Back, J. Cederkall, B. Cederwall, A. Johnson, A. Kerek, W. Klamra, J. van der Marel, J. Molnar, D.
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Section Ic. Techniques: Silicon microstrips and silicon drift detectors
The silicon drift vertex detector for the STAR experiment at RHIC
S.U. Pandey, R. Bellwied, R. Beuttenmulller, H. Caines, W. Chen, D. DiMassimo, H. Dyke, D. Elliot, V.
Eremin, M. Grau, G.W. Hoffmann, T. Humanic, I. Ilyashenko, I. Kotov, H.W. Kraner, P. Kuczewski, B.
Leonhardt, Z. Li, C.J. Liaw, G. LoCurto, P. Middelkamp, R. Minor, M. Munhoz, G. Ott, C. Pruneau, V.
Rykov, J. Schambach, J. Sedimeir, B. Soja, E. Sugarbaker, J. Takahashi, K. Wilson and R. Wilson..... 88
X-ray spectroscopy with a multi-anode sawtooth silicon drift detector: the diffusion process
J. Sonsky, R.W. Hollander, P.M. Sarro and C.W.E. van Eijk... 2... 2. eee 93
Beam test results of a drift velocity monitoring system for silicon drift detectors
D. Nouais, N. Boetti, V. Bonvicini, P. Cerello, P. Giubellino, R. Hernandez-Montoya, A. Kolojvari, G.
Mazza, J. Nissinen, A. Rashevsky, A. Rivetti, F. Tosello and A. Vacchi................ 0.000005. 99
Study of the performance of ATLAS prototype detectors using analogue LHC front-end electronics
P. Riedler, W. Dabrowski, J. Kaplon and P. Weilhammer.....0..0..00.. .ce. ee.e .ee.e e.e .ee e 104
Distribution of electric field and charge collection in silicon strip detectors
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A computerised analysis tool for the electrical characterisation of microstrip detectors
M. Boscardin, L. Bosisio, N. Carmel-Barnea, G.-F. Dalla Betta, L. Ferrario, I. Rachevskaia and M. Zen . 114
Section Id. techniques: CCDs and pixel detectors
Design and prototype performance of the ATLAS pixel detector
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DEPFET—a pixel device with integrated amplification
W. Neeser, M. Bécker, P. Buchholz, P. Fischer, P. Holl, J. Kemmer, P. Klein, H. Koch, M. Locker, G. Lutz,
H. Matthay, L. Striider, M. Trimpl, J. Ulrici and N. Wermes ..........0.02.. .ee .ee .ee.e .ee e 129
A tiled CCD detector with 2 x 2 array and tapered fibre optics for electron microscopy
A.R. Faruqi, H.N. Andrews, D.M. Cattermole and S. Stubbings .................2 0000000000 137
Design studies on sensors for the ATLAS Pixel Detector
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Design of a fast multi-hit position sensitive detector based on a CCD camera
L. Renaud, G. Da Costa, M. Bouet and B. Deconihiout.... .. 6. cece we ee 150
Application of a finite size of the charge cloud shape generated by an X-ray photon inside the CCD
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Performance of an energy resolving X-ray pixel detector
R. Bates, G. Derbyshire, W.J.F. Gannon, G. Iles, B. Lowe, K. Mathieson, M.S. Passmore, M. Prydderch, P.
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Large area high-resolution CCD-based X-ray detector for macromolecular crystallography
M. Pokric, N.M. Allinson, A.R. Jorden, M.P. Cox, A. Marshall, P.G. Long, K. Moon, P. Jerram, P. Pool, C.
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Section Ie. Techniques: Other solid and liquid detectors
Characterization and performance of visible light photon counters (VLPCs) for the upgraded D@ detector at the
Fermilab Tevatron
A. Bross, E. Flattum, D. Lincoln, S. Griinendahl, J. Warchol, M. Wayne and P. Padley .............
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High-speed readout method using wavelength-shifting fibers for an imaging plate
M. Katagiri, K. Sakasai, M. Kishimoto, T. Nakamura, K. Toh, H. Takahashi and M. Nakazawa ...... 179
Two-dimensional readout in a liquid xenon ionisation chamber
V. Solovov, V. Chepel, A. Pereira, M.I. Lopes, R. Ferreira Marques and A.J.P.L. Policarpo .......... 184
The simulation of charge sharing in semiconductor X-ray pixel detectors
K. Mathieson, R. Bates, V. O'Shea, M.S. Passmore, M. Rahman, K.M. Smith, J. Watt and C. Whitehill . 191
3-D GaAs radiation detectors
A.R. Meikle, R.L. Bates, K. Ledingham, J.H. Marsh, K. Mathieson, V. O’Shea and K.M. Smith....... 198
A novel method for simultaneous observations of plasma ion and electron temperatures using a semiconductor-
detector array
T. Cho, T. Numakura, J. Kohagura, M. Hirata, R. Minami, H. Watanabe, T. Sasuga, Y. Nishizawa, M.
Yoshida, S. Nagashima, Y. Nakashima, K. Ogura, T. Tamano, K. Yatsu and S. Miyoshi ............ 204
Tomographic reconstruction of plasma electron temperature profiles using semiconductor detector arrays in the
elliptic transition region and the circular central cell of the GAMMA 10 tandem mirror
M. Hirata, T. Cho, J. Kohagura, S. Kanke, T. Kondoh, R. Minami, T. Numakura, H. Watanabe, M.
Yoshida, T. Sasuga, Y. Nishizawa, T. Tamano, K. Yatsu and S. Miyoshi.....................05. 210
Effects of nuclear fusion produced neutrons on silicon semiconductor plasma X-ray detectors
J. Kohagura, T. Cho, M. Hirata, T. Numakura, R. Minami, H. Watanabe, T. Sasuga, Y. Nishizawa, M.
Yoshida, S. Nagashima, T. Tamano, K. Yatsu, S. Miyoshi, K. Hirano and H. Maezawa............. 215
Extraction of bulk generation lifetime and surface generation velocity in high-resistivity silicon by means of gated
diodes
G. Verzellesi, G.-F. Dalla Betta, M. Boscardin, G.U. Pignatel and L. Bosisio ..................... 220
Computational modelling of semiconducting X-ray detectors
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Initial studies in the modelling of position resolving cryogenic detectors
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Section If. Techniques: Microchannel plates
Efficiency enhancements for MCP-based beta autoradiography imaging
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A broad-application microchannel-plate detector system for advanced particle or photon detection tasks: large
area imaging, precise multi-hit timing information and high detection rate
O. Jagutzki, V. Mergel, K. Ullmann-Pfleger, L. Spielberger, U. Spillmann, R. Dérner and H. Schmidt-
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Imaging achievements with the Vernier readout
J.S. Lapington, B. Sanderson, L.B.C. Worth and J.A. Tandy...0.... .0.0..... e.e e.ee. e.e ee e 250
Position sensitive anodes for MCP read-out using induced charge measurement
O. Jagutzki, J.S. Lapington, L.B.C. Worth, U. Spillman, V. Mergel and H. Schmidt-Boécking.......... 256
Image translational shifts in microchannel plate detectors due to the presence of MCP channel bias
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Development and characterisation of a visible light photon counting imaging detector system
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Fast imaging readout and electronics—a novel high-speed imaging system for micro-channel plates
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Maximising position resolution for near-simultaneous events with charge division readouts
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Section Ig. Techniques: Radiation hardness of detectors
Carrier mobilities in irradiated silicon
T.J. Brodbeck, A. Chilingarov, T. Sloan, E. Fretwurst, M. Kuhnke and G. Lindstroem.............. 287
Long-term performance of double gap resistive plate chambers under gamma irradiation
M. Abbrescia, A. Colaleo, L. Guarrasi, G. Iaselli, F. Loddo, M. Maggi, B. Marangelli, S. Natali, S. Nuzzo, G.
Pugliese, A. Ranieri, F. Romano, S. Altieri, G. Belli, G. Bruno, G. Gianini, S.P. Ratti, C. Riccardi, P. Torre,
Rg IIS NSPS a SR GE GERD op GE Ae ec ee RA ean eT a Oe aPC 293
Radiation hard cryogenic silicon detectors
L. Casagrande, M.C. Abreu, W.H. Bell, P. Berglund, W. de Boer, E. Borchi, K. Borer, M. Bruzzi, S.
Buontempo, S. Chapuy, V. Cindro, P. Collins, N. D’Ambrosio, C. Da Via, S. Devine, B. Dezillie, Z.
Dimcovski, V. Eremin, A. Esposito, V. Granata, E. Grigoriev, F. Hauler, E. Heijne, S. Heising, S. Janos, L.
Jungermann, I. Konorov, Z. Li, C. Lourenco, M. Mikuz, T.O. Niinikoski, V. O’Shea, S. Pagano, V.G.
Palmieri, S. Paul, S. Pirollo, K. Pretzl, P. Rato, G. Ruggiero, K. Smith, P. Sonderegger, P. Sousa, E.
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Lorentz-angle in irradiated silicon
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Characterization of neutron irradiated, low-resistivity silicon detectors
M.M. Angarano, G.M. Bilei, P. Ciampolini, M. Giorgi, A. Mihul, O. Militaru, D. Passeri and A. Scorzoni 308
Section IIa. Applications with synchrotron radiation
Performance and applications of a high rate imaging pixel detector
N.A. Pavel, H.J. Besch, R. Menk, A. Sarvestani, N. Sauer, R. Stiehler and A.H. Walenta............ 313
A new detector for photon beam position monitoring designed for synchrotron radiation beamlines
A. Galimberti, C.J. Bocchetta, C. Fava, A. Gambitta, G. Paolucci, R. Presacco, G. Paolicelli and G. Stefani 317
Imaging a chemical bond in the molecule frame using microchannel plate based Position Sensitive Detectors and
coincidence techniques
D. Dowek, J.C. Brenot, P.M. Guyon, J.C. Houver, A. Lafosse, M. Lebech, O. Jagutzki and
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A double area detector system for simultaneous small and wide-angle X-ray scattering
B. Pokric, N.M. Allinson, A.J. Ryan, P. Fairclough, B.R. Dobson, G.E. Derbyshire, W. Helsby, G. Long and
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Position-sensitive ionization detectors for ionizing beams diagnostics
A.N. Artemiev, S. Latushkin, V. Mikhailov, V. Rezvov and L. Yudin .......................... 335
A gas microstrip wide angle X-ray detector for application in synchrotron radiation experiments
J.E. Bateman, J.F. Connolly, G.E. Derbyshire, D.M. Duxbury, J. Lipp, J.A. Mir, J.E. Simmons, E.J. Spill, R.
Stephenson, B.R. Dobson, R.C. Farrow, W.I. Helsby, R. Mutikainen and I. Suni.................. 340
Two-dimensional position-sensitive detectors for high resolution diffraction with neutrons and high energy
synchrotron radiation
M. Marmotti, J. Burmester, M. Haese-Seiller and R. Kampmann
Testing of gadolinium oxy-sulphide phosphors for use in CCD-based X-ray detectors for macromolecular
crystallography
M. Pokri¢c and N.M. Allinson
A position-sensitive time-of-flight analyser for study of molecular photofragmentation
J. Rius i Riu, M. Stankiewicz, A. Karawajczyk and P. Winiarczyk
Section IIb. Applications with neutron beams
A high-resolution, imaging neutron beam monitor using gas microstrip technology
J.E. Bateman, N.J. Rhodes and R. Stephenson
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Position-sensitive neutron detector
A.V. Kuznetsov, D.N. Vakhtin, Z. Radivojevich, I.D. Alkhazov, V.G. Lyapin and W.H. Trzaska....... 372
Optimisation of resolution in accelerator-based fast neutron radiography
H. Rahmanian, R.M. Ambrosi and J.I.W. Watterson ........0.0 0.0.0.0.e.ee .ee e 378
Section IIc. Applications in nuclear physics
Neutron PSDs for the next generation of spallation neutron sources
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y-ray tracking in germanium: the backtracking method
3. VRE ERPET ODS: COGIIWERE i Osi eed Fo RS Ghiew de dW end tn Ce ied aS 4 391
Development of low-mass drift chambers for the HADES spectrometer
H. Bokemeyer, J.1. Boyard, V. Chepurnov, S. Chernenko, H. Daues, F. Dohrmann, W. Enghardt, O. Fateev,
C. Garabatos, L. Glonti, E. Grosse, J. Hehner, T. Hennino, J. Kempter, W. Koenig, C. Miintz, L. Naumann,
A. Petrov, J. Pouthas, Ph. Rosier, L. Smykov, H. Stelzer, M. Sobiella, J. Stroth, J. Wiistenfeld, Yu. Zanevsky
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A gas secondary electron detector
A. Drouart, C. Mazur, N. Alamanos, F. Auger, P. Besson, E. Bougamont, P. Bourgeois, G. Lobo, E.C.
POC le Me. Wee OS, 4 SRI bOI SS PR fe APPR BS Pe 401
Real-time mode detection of heavy ion-induced nuclear reaction products
Yu.S. Tsyganov, A.M. Sukhov, A.N. Polyakov, A.B. Yakushev and V.I. Vakatov.................. 406
A light straw tracker detector working in vacuum
K. Nuenighoff, C. Fanara, D. Filges, R. Geyer, K. Kilian and M. Schmitz....................... 410
Performance of TPC detector for the double f-decay experiment
V. Artemiev, E. Brakchman, M. Ivanovskii, A. Karelin, V. Kirichenko, O. Kozodaeva, A. Koutchenkov, V.
Lubimov, A. Mitin, V. Nikolaev, T. Tsvetkova and O. Zeldovich............. 0.2.00. e eee eee 414
Section IId. Applications in particle physics
Position sensitive detectors in particle physics
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Automatic scanning for nuclear emulsion
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The RPC-based IFR system at BaBar experiment: preliminary results
D. Piccolo, A. Palano, S. Bagnasco, A. Buzzo, R. Contri, G. Crosetti, M. Lo Vetere, M. Macri, R. Monge, S.
Passaggio, C. Patrignani, E. Robutti, A. Santroni, F. Anulli, R. Baldini, A. Calcaterra, R. De Sangro, D.
Falciai, G. Finocchiaro, P. Patteri, I. Peruzzi, M. Piccolo, Z. Yu, A. Zallo, N. Cavallo, G. De Nardo, F.
Fabozzi, C. Gatto, L. Lista, P. Paolucci, C. Sciacca, R. Bionta, D. Wright, H. Band and J. Johnson..... 435
CMS silicon tracker developments
C. Civinini, S. Albergo, M. Angarano, P. Azzi, E. Babucci, N. Bacchetta, A. Bader, G. Bagliesi, A. Basti, U.
Biggeri, G.M. Bilei, D. Bisello, D. Boemi, F. Bosi, L. Borrello, C. Bozzi, S. Braibant, H. Breuker, M. Bruzzi,
A. Buffini, S. Busoni, A. Candelori, A. Caner, R. Castaldi, A. Castro, E. Catacchini, B. Checcucci, P.
Ciampolini, D. Creanza, R. D’Alessandro, M. Da Rold, N. Demaria, M. de Palma, R. Dell’Orso, R.D.
Marina, S. Dutta, C. Eklund, L. Feld, L. Fiore, E. Focardi, M. French, K. Freudenreich, A. Frey, A. Fiirtjes,
A. Giassi, M. Giorgi, A. Giraldo, B. Glessing, W.H. Gu, G. Hall, R. Hammarstrom, T. Hebbeker, A. Honma,
J. Hrubec, M. Huhtinen, A. Kaminsky, V. Karimaki, St. Koenig, M. Krammer, P. Lariccia, M. Lenzi, M.
Loreti, K. Luebelsmeyer, W. Lustermann, P. Mattig, G.M aggi, M. Mannelli, G. Mantovani, A. Marchioro,
C. Mariotti, G. Martignon, B. Mc Evoy, M. Meschini, A. Messineo, E. Migliore, S. My, A. Paccagnella, F.
Palla, D. Pandoulas, A. Papi, G. Parrini, D. Passeri, M. Pieri, S. Piperov, R. Potenza, V. Radicci, F. Raffaelli,
M. Raymond, A. Santocchia, B. Schmitt, G. Selvaggi, L. Servoli, G. Sguazzoni, R. Siedling, L. Silvestris, A.
Starodumoy, I. Stavitski, G. Stefanini, B. Surrow, P. Tempesta, G. Tonelli, A. Tricomi, T. Tuuva, C. Vannini,
P.G. Verdini, G. Viertel, Z. Xie, L. Yahong, S. Watts and B. Wittmer................. 02-02-0045.
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The design of the CMS pixel detector system
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The CDF silicon vertex tracker
W. Ashmanskas, A. Bardi, M. Bari, S. Belforte, J. Berryhill, M. Bogdan, A. Cerri, A.G. Clark, G. Chlachidze,
R. Condorelli, R. Culberston, M. Dell’Orso, S. Donati, H.J. Frisch, S. Galeotti, P. Giannetti, V. Glagolev, A.
Leger, E. Meschi, F. Morsani, T. Nakaya, G. Punzi, L. Ristori, H. Sanders, A. Semenov, G. Signorelli, M.
Shochet, T. Speer, F. Spinella, P. Wilson, X. Wu and A. Zanetti... ......ce .ee.e .ee. e e 451
Silicon detectors for neutrino physics experiments
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Precision determination of pion mass using X-ray CCD spectroscopy
N. Nelms, D.F. Anagnostopoulos, M. Augsburger, G. Borchert, D. Chatellard, M. Daum, J.-P. Egger, D.
Gotta, P. Hauser, P. Indelicato, E. Jeannet, K. Kirch, O.W.B. Schult, T. Siems, L.M. Simons and A. Wells 461
Section IIe. Applications in medicine
Current status and requirements for position-sensitive detectors in medicine
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Performance characteristics of the novel PETRRA positron camera
R.J. Ott, M. Flower, K. Erlandsson, A. Reader, D. Duxbury, J. Bateman, R. Stephenson and E. Spill .. . 475
Applications in radiation therapy of a scintillating screen viewed by a CCD camera
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Design and development of | mm resolution PET detectors with position-sensitive PMTs
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A silicon continuous position sensitive diode and associated electronics: modelling and simulation
M. Solal, L. Ménard, Y. Charon, S. Pitre and R. Mastrippolito.20..0..... 0.00..0. c.ee. e.ee. ee e 491
A high-speed, pressurised multi-wire gamma camera for dynamic imaging in nuclear medicine
A. Barr, L. Bonaldi, G. Carugno, G. Charpak, D. Iannuzzi, M. Nicoletto, A. Pepato and S. Ventura... . 499
Characterization of the Ferrara animal PET scanner
G. Di Domenico, A. Motta, G. Zavattini, A. Del Guerra, C. Damiani, V. Bettinardi and M.C. Gilardi. . . 505
A compact gamma ray imager for oncology
R. Pani, A. Soluri, R. Scafé, R. Pellegrini, A. Tati, F. Scopinaro, G. De Vincentis, T. Gigliotti, A. Festinesi, F.
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A possible role for silicon microstrip detectors in nuclear medicine: Compton imaging of positron emitters
M.G. Scannavini, R.D. Speller, G.J. Royle, I. Cullum, M. Raymond, G. Hall and G. Iles............ 514
Image-quality performance of an a-Si: H-based X-ray imaging system for digital mammography
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Section IIf. Applications in biology and condensed matter
Ion-counting nanodosimetry: a new method for assessing radiation damage to DNA
S. Shchemelinin, G. Garty, A. Breskin, R. Chechik and R.W.M. Schulte ....................0.0.. 527
A pixel detector for the protein crystallography beamline at the SLS
Ch. Br6nnimann, R. Baur, E.F. Eikenberry, P. Fischer, S. Florin, R. Horisberger, M. Lindner, B. Schmitt and
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Development and application of an optical TPC for charged particle track structure imaging in microdosimetry
U. Titt, V. Dangendorf, B. GroBwendt and H. Schuhmacher.... 2.0... i ce elec ete bees 536
Section Ig. Industrial and other applications
Positron emission particle tracking using the new Birmingham positron camera
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A position-sensitive electron detector for use in electron spectroscopy
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Section IIh. Space and astronomical applications
The FUV detector for the cosmic origins spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope
J. Vallerga, J. Zaninovich, B. Welsh, O. Siegmund, J. McPhate, J. Hull, G. Gaines and D. Buzasi ...... 551
PICsIT detector for y-ray astronomy: pixels qualification campaign
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