X-ray detectors for digital radiography

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-39

  Yaffe, M J ^a   Rowlands, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; X RAY;

EID: 0031029041     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/1/001     Document Type: Review

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