Digital radiology using active matrix readout of amorphous selenium: Theoretical analysis of detective quantum efficiency

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1819-1833

  Zhao, Wei ^a   Rowlands, J A ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active matrix readout; Amorphous selenium; Detective quantum efficiency (DQE); Digital radiology; Flat panel imagers; Modulation transfer function (MTF); Noise power spectrum (NPS); Thin film transistors; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODULATION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PIXELS; POWER SPECTRUM; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; RADIATION; RADIOLOGY; SELENIUM; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

ACTIVE MATRIXES; AMORPHOUS SELENIUM; DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; DIGITAL RADIOLOGY; FLAT PANEL IMAGERS; NOISE POWER SPECTRUM; XRAY IMAGING;

X RAY DETECTORS;

SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH PHYSICS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAMMOGRAPHY; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM THEORY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031439126     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598097     Document Type: Article

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