Seamless tiling of amorphous silicon photodiode-TFT arrays for very large area X-ray image sensors

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1080-1083

  Powell, M J ^a   Hughes, J R ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; Digital radiography; Tiling; X ray image sensor

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LETTER; SEMICONDUCTOR;

CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SILICON; TRANSISTORS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SENSORS; PHOTODIODES; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; PIXEL ELECTRODES; X RAY IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0032216621     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.746724     Document Type: Article

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