Alternate pixel architectures for large area medical imaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4320, Issue , 2001, Pages 35-46

  Karim, K S ^a   Nathan, A ^a   Rowlands, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active pixel sensor; Amorphous silicon technology; Amplification; APS; Fluoroscopy; Large area medical imaging; Low noise; Passive pixel sensor; Pixel architecture; TFT

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; AMPLIFICATION; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS; IMAGE SENSORS; READOUT SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

ACTIVE PIXEL ARCHITECTURES; AMORPHOUS SILICON ACTIVE MATRIX FLAT PANEL IMAGERS; LARGE AREA MEDICAL IMAGING; LOW NOISE AMPLIFICATION; PASSIVE PIXEL SENSOR; READOUT SWITCH;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0034874445     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.430903     Document Type: Conference Paper

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