Evaluation of the imaging properties of an amorphous selenium-based flat panel detector for digital fluoroscopy

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1166-1175

  Hunt, D C ^a   Tousignant, O ^b   Rowlands, J A ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Anrad Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amorphous selenium; Anti aliasing; Digital fluoroscopy; DQE; Fill factor; Flat panel detector; MTF; NPS; Presampling blur

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRAPPING; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; NEPTUNIUM; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PIXELS; SELENIUM;

AMORPHOUS SELENIUM; DIGITAL FLUOROSCOPY; FILL FACTOR; FLAT PANEL DETECTORS; PRESAMPLING BLUR;

ANTI-ALIASING;

SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRONICS; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GEOMETRY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; NOISE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 2442636501     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1707755     Document Type: Article

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