Development of a high resolution, active matrix flat-panel imager with enhanced fill factor

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3032, Issue , 1997, Pages 2-13

  Antonuk, Larry E ^a   El Mohri, Youcef ^a   Huang, Weidong ^a   Jee, Kyung Wook ^a   Maolinbay, Manat ^a   Scarpine, Victor E ^a   Siewerdsen, Jeffrey H ^a   Verma, Manav Y ^a   Yorkston, John ^a,c   Street, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active matrix flat panel imagers; AMFPI; Diagnostic x ray imaging

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; DESIGN; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; IMAGE SENSORS; PHOTODIODES; PIXELS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ACTIVE-MATRIX FLAT-PANEL IMAGERS; AMFPI; DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY IMAGING; FILL FACTOR (FF); HIGH RESOLUTIONS; NEW DESIGN; PERFORMANCE RESULTS; PIXEL DESIGNS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0010321891     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.273972     Document Type: Conference Paper

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