The concept of spatial frequency depending dqe and its application to a comparison of two detectors used in transvenous coronary angiography

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 398, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 351-367

  Menk, R H ^a   Thomlinson, W ^a   Gmur N ^a   Zhong, Z ^a   Chapman, D ^b   Arfelli, F ^c   Dix, W R ^d   Graeff, W ^d   Lohmann, M ^d   Illing, G ^d   Schildwachter L ^d   Reime, B ^d   Kupper, W ^e   Hamm, C ^f   Giacomini, J C ^g   Gordon, H J ^g   Rubenstein, E ^g   Dervan, J ^h   Besch, H J ⁱ   Walenta, A H ⁱ  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d DESY   (Germany)

^e Herz Kreislauf Klinik Bevensen   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Modulation transfer function; Noise power spectrum; Photon integrating detectors; Spatial frequencies depending detective quantum efficiency; Transvenous coronary angiography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; PHOTONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; READOUT SYSTEMS; SILICON SENSORS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY (DQE); MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; NOISE POWER SPECTRUM; PHOTON INTEGRATING DETECTORS; SILICON STRIP DETECTORS; TRANSVENOUS CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY;

IONIZATION CHAMBERS;

EID: 0031244879     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(97)00788-2     Document Type: Article

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