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A portable pixel detector operating as an active nuclear emulsion and its application for X-ray and neutron tomography

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2006

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9th ICATPP 2005 Conf. Proc., Pages: 779-784, doi: 10.1142/9789812773678_0123

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Abstract
This work is devoted to the development of a USB1.1 (Universal Serial Bus) based read out system for the Medipix2 detector to achieve maximum portability of this position sensitive detecting device. All necessary detector support is integrated into one compact system (80 x 50 x 20 mm3) including the detector bias source (up to 100 V). The read out interface can control external I2Ca based devices, so in case of tomography it is easy to synchronize detector shutter with stepper motor control. An additional significant advantage of the USB interface is the support of back side pulse processing. This feature enables to determine the energy additionally to the position of a heavy charged particle hitting the sensor. Due to the small pixel dimensions it is also possible to distinguish the type of single quanta of radiation from the track created in the pixel detector as in case of an active nuclear emulsion.
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Cite article as:
Z. Vykydal, J. Jakůbek, T. Holý, S. Pospíšil, "A portable pixel detector operating as an active nuclear emulsion and its application for X-ray and neutron tomography", 9th ICATPP 2005 Conf. Proc., Pages: 779-784, doi: 10.1142/9789812773678_0123 (2006)

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