Segmented phosphors: MEMS-based high quantum efficiency detectors for megavoltage x-ray imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 553-565

  Sawant, Amit ^a   Antonuk, Larry E ^a   El Mohri, Youcef ^a   Li, Yixin ^a   Su, Zhong ^a   Wang, Yi ^a   Yamamoto, Jin ^a   Zhao, Qihua ^a   Du, Hong ^a   Daniel, Jurgen ^b   Street, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Active matrix flat panel imager; DQE; Portal imaging; Quantum efficiency; Segmented detectors

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; ISOMERS; LIGHT EMISSION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NOISE ABATEMENT; PHOSPHORS; PHOTORESISTS; PLATE METAL; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

ACTIVE MATRIX FLAT-PANEL IMAGERS; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; HIGH QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; MICRO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM (MEMS); PORTAL IMAGING; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

X RAY DETECTORS;

PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; DEVICE; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY TRANSFER; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NOISE REDUCTION; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RADIOTHERAPY; SIGNAL DETECTION; X RAY;

EID: 20044368433     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1854774     Document Type: Article

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