Design and performance of a high-quality cardiac flat detector

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4682, Issue , 2002, Pages 819-827

  Busse, Falko ^a   Rütten, Walter ^a   Sandkamp, Bernhard ^b   Alving, Peter L ^c   Bastiaens, Raoul J M ^c   Ducourant, Thierry ^d  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d Trixell   (France)

Author keywords

Detective quantum efficiency; Flat x ray detector; Low dose fluoroscopy; Temporal properties

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CROSSTALK; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; X RAYS;

X RAY DETECTORS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0036034713     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.465633     Document Type: Article

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