Investigation of strategies to achieve optimal DQE performance from indirect detection, Active Matrix Flat-Panel Imagers (AMFPIs) through novel pixel amplification architectures

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5745, Issue I, 2005, Pages 18-31

  Antonuk, Larry E ^a   Li, Yixin ^a   Du, Hong ^a   El Mohri, Youcef ^a   Zhao, Qihua ^a   Yamamoto, Jin ^a   Sawant, Amit ^a   Wang, Yi ^a   Su, Zhong ^a,d   Lu, Jeng Ping ^b   Street, Robert A ^b   Weisfield, Richard ^c   Yao, Bill ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c dpiX LLC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active matrix flat panel imager; Digital x ray imaging; In pixel amplifiers; Polycrystalline silicon TFTs

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MATRIX FLAT-IMAGER; DIGITAL X-RAY IMAGING; IN-PIXEL AMPLIFIERS; POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON TFT;

ARRAYS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; POLYSILICON; RADIOTHERAPY; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AMPLIFICATION;

EID: 23844474189     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.596786     Document Type: Conference Paper

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