Effect of intrinsic-gain fluctuations on quantum noise of phosphor materials used in medical X-ray imaging

Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 337-341

  Kalivas, N ^a   Costaridou, L ^a   Kandarakis, I ^b   Cavouras, D ^b   Nomicos, C D ^b   Panayiotakis, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; X RAYS;

INTRINSIC GAIN NOISE FACTOR (IGNF); QUANTUM NOISE;

PHOSPHORS;

EID: 0032687973     PISSN: 09478396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003390051010     Document Type: Article

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