Lag measurement in an a-Se active matrix flat-panel imager

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1203-1209

  Schroeder, C ^c   Stanescu, T ^c   Rathee, S ^a,b   Fallone, B G ^a,b  

^a CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Amorphous selenium; Digital imaging; Flat panel imagers; Image lag; Residual contrast

Indexed keywords

PHOTONS; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

AMORPHOUS SELENIUM; DIGITAL IMAGING; FLAT PANEL IMAGERS; IMAGE LAGS; RESIDUAL CONTRAST;

X RAY DETECTORS;

SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER; CONTRAST; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FILM; IMAGING SYSTEM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME; X RAY;

EID: 2442667780     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1713298     Document Type: Article

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