Selenium direct converter structure for static and dynamic x-ray detection in medical imaging applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3336, Issue , 1998, Pages 494-504

  Polischuk, Brad ^a   Shukri, Ziad ^a   Legros, Anne ^a   Rougeot, Henri ^a  

^a Falconbridge Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dark current; Direct conversion; Lag; Selenium; Sensitivity; X ray detector

Indexed keywords

IMAGE INTENSIFIERS (ELECTRON TUBE); MAMMOGRAPHY; PHOSPHORS; RADIATION DETECTORS; READOUT SYSTEMS; SELENIUM; X RAYS;

DARK CURRENTS; X-RAY DETECTION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0032402499     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.317051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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