Performance of low-voltage phosphors in emissive flat panel displays for radiologic applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2707, Issue , 1996, Pages 312-321

  Badano, Aldo ^a,b   Flynn, Michael J ^a,b   Samei, Ehsan ^a,b   Kearfott, Kimberlee G ^b  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital radiography; Emissive display; Field emission; Flat panel display; Low voltage phosphor

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; DIGITAL DEVICES; ELECTRON TUBES; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS; IMAGE REGISTRATION; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOSPHORS; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; DISPLAY DEVICES; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE;

DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGES; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES; ELECTRONIC DISPLAY DEVICES; EMISSIVE DISPLAY; FLAT PANELS; LIGHT GENERATIONS; LOW-VOLTAGE PHOSPHOR; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PHOSPHOR SCREENS; POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS; PRIMARY FACTORS;

DISPLAY DEVICES; MEDICAL IMAGING;

DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC DISPLAY DEVICES; EMISSIVE FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS; FIELD EMISSIVE CATHODES; IMAGE DISPLAY; LOW VOLTAGE PHOSPHORS; PHOSPHOR SCREENS;

EID: 0029701209     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.238459     Document Type: Conference Paper

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