Selenium detector with a grid for selenium charge gain

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5745, Issue I, 2005, Pages 216-222

  Lee, Denny L Y ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PHOTONS; RADIOGRAPHY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; X RAYS;

DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY (DR); SELENIUM CHARGE GAIN; SELENIUM DETECTORS;

SELENIUM;

EID: 23844473066     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.594623     Document Type: Conference Paper

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