Linear system models for lag in flat dynamic x-ray detectors

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5745, Issue I, 2005, Pages 430-441

  Menser, B ^a   Bastiaens, R J M ^b   Nascetti, A ^a,c   Overdick, M ^a   Simon, M ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Detective quantum efficiency; Digital x ray imaging; Flat detector; Lag; Residual signals

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; X RAYS;

DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; DIGITAL X-RAY IMAGING; FLAT DETECTOR; LAG; RESIDUAL SIGNALS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 23844441025     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.594518     Document Type: Conference Paper

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