Indirect flat-panel detector with avalanche gain: Design and operation of the avalanche photoconductor

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5745, Issue I, 2005, Pages 352-360

  Zhao, Wei ^a   Li, Dan ^a   Reznik, Alla ^b   Lui, Brian ^b   Hunt, D C ^b   Tanioka, Kenkichi ^c   Rowlands, J A ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c NHK SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE GAIN; FLAT PANEL IMAGERS (FPI); FLUOROSCOPY; PHYSICAL MODELS;

AVALANCHE DIODES; DETECTORS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RADIOGRAPHY;

PHOTOCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

EID: 23844489922     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.597295     Document Type: Conference Paper

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