Active energy selective image detector for dual-energy computed radiography

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1739-1748

  Alvarez, Robert E ^a  

^a Aprend Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

computed radiography; dual energy; storage phosphor; x ray

Indexed keywords

LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; PHOSPHORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SWITCHING; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY; ELECTRO-OPTICAL MODULATION; MECHANICAL SWITCHING; SELECTIVE DETECTORS; STORAGE PHOSPHORS; VOLTAGE SWITCHING; X-RAY TUBE VOLTAGES;

X RAY DETECTORS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; X RAY;

EID: 0029838811     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597831     Document Type: Article

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