Fundamental limitations imposed by x-ray interactions on the modulation transfer function of existing x-ray detectors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5030 I, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-15

  Hajdok, G ^a,b,c   Battista, J J ^b,c   Cunningham, I A ^a,c,d  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amorphous selenium; Cesium iodide; Monte Carlo simulation; MTF; X ray interactions

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CESIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; X RAYS;

X RAY DETECTORS;

OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

EID: 0042739564     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.480359     Document Type: Conference Paper

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