Hybrid direct conversion detectors for digital mammography

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 46, Issue 6 PART 3, 1999, Pages 2093-2097

  Yin, Shi ^a  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DETECTORS; MAMMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; X RAYS;

DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; FILL FACTOR; HYBRID DIRECT CONVERSION DETECTORS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0033347287     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.819287     Document Type: Article

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