This book provides readers an overview of emerging trends in the radiation detection field. Detailed in many of the chapters are specific aspects of radiation detectors, including comprehensive reviews of the historical development, and current state of each topic. The authors particularly cover emerging detection materials and detectors. High-Z materials like CdTe, CZT and GaAs offer the best implementation possibility of direct conversion X-ray detectors and are covered in this book. The authors discuss material challenges, detector operation physics and technology, and readout integrated circuits required to detect signals processes by high-Z sensors. Authors also contrast these emerging technologies with more established ones based on scintillator materials.

This book provides readers with a good overview of some of most recent advances in the field of CdTe and CdZnTe detector technology for medical imaging, industrial testing and security scanning, especially as it pertains to new applications. There will be a good mixture of general chapters in both technology and applications inthe X-ray testing. The book will have an in-depth review of the research topics from leading world specialists in the field. The conversion of the X-ray and gamma-ray signal into analogue/digital value will be covered in some chapters. Some would also provide a review of CMOS chips for CdTe and CdZnTe image sensors. This book serves as an excellent reference for people already working in the field as well as for people wishing to enter it.

This book provides readers an overview of emerging trends in the radiation detection field. Detailed in many of the chapters are specific aspects of radiation detectors, including comprehensive reviews of the historical development, and current state of each topic. The authors particularly cover emerging detection materials and detectors. High-Z materials like CdTe, CZT and GaAs offer the best implementation possibility of direct conversion X-ray detectors and are covered in this book. The authors discuss material challenges, detector operation physics and technology, and readout integrated circuits required to detect signals processes by high-Z sensors. Authors also contrast these emerging technologies with more established ones based on scintillator materials.

This book provides readers with a good overview of some of most recent advances in the field of CdTe and CdZnTe detector technology for medical imaging, industrial testing and security scanning, especially as it pertains to new applications. There will be a good mixture of general chapters in both technology and applications inthe X-ray testing. The book will have an in-depth review of the research topics from leading world specialists in the field. The conversion of the X-ray and gamma-ray signal into analogue/digital value will be covered in some chapters. Some would also provide a review of CMOS chips for CdTe and CdZnTe image sensors. This book serves as an excellent reference for people already working in the field as well as for people wishing to enter it.