Strategies to improve the signal and noise performance of active matrix, flat-panel imagers for diagnostic x-ray applications

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 289-306

  Antonuk, L E ^a   Jee, K W ^a   El Mohri, Y ^a   Maolinbay, M ^a   Nassif, S ^a   Rong, X ^a   Zhao, Q ^a   Siewerdsen, J H ^a,d   Street, R A ^b   Shah, K S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES INC   (United States)

^d WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Active matrix flat panel imager; Cascaded systems analysis; Diagnostic x ray imaging; Direct detection; Fluoroscopy; Indirect detection

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE NOISE; ADDITIVES; BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; IODINE COMPOUNDS; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; PIXELS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

ACTIVE MATRIX FLAT-PANEL IMAGERS; CASCADED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY IMAGING; DIRECT DETECTION; FLUOROSCOPY; INDIRECT DETECTION;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THEORY;

EID: 0034088964     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598831     Document Type: Article

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