Effects of scintillator on the modulation transfer function (MTF) of a digital imaging system

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 608-613

  Farman, Taeko T ^a   Vandre, Robert H ^b   Pajak, John C ^b   Miller, Stuart R ^c,d   Lempicki, Alex ^c   Farman, Allan G ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b U S ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND MATERIEL COMMAND   (United States)

^c ALEM Associates   (United States)

^d RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CESIUM IODIDE; EUROPIUM; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM OXYSULFIDE; LUTETIUM; LUTETIUM OXIDE; TERBIUM; THALLIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENT; GENERATOR; IMAGING; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATERIALS; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; OPTICS; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATOR; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; X RAY;

EID: 17144407302     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2004.08.013     Document Type: Article

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