High resolution x-ray imaging using amorphous silicon flat-panel arrays

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3 PART 2, 1999, Pages 457-461

  Rahn, J T ^a,b   Lemmi, F ^a,b   Lu, J P ^a,c   Mei, P ^a,c   Apte, R B ^b,c   Street, R A ^b,c   Lujan, R ^b,c   Weisfield, R L ^b,c   Heanue, J A ^b,c  

^a PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Cardiac Mariners Inc   (United States)

^c XEROX CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MATRIX FLAT PANEL IMAGER; PIXEL DESIGN; TELERADIOLOGY; X RAY SENSITIVITY;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS; GATES (TRANSISTOR); IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SENSORS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PHOSPHORS; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033343647     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.775562     Document Type: Article

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