Indirect flat-panel detector with avalanche gain: Fundamental feasibility investigation for SHARP-AMFPI (scintillator HARP active matrix flat panel imager)

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2954-2966

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

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c NHK SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amorphous selenium; Avalanche gain; Cesium iodide; Flat panel detectors

Indexed keywords

CESIUM IODIDE; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; MAMMOGRAPHY; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

ACTIVE MATRIX ARRAYS; ACTIVE MATRIX FLAT-PANEL IMAGERS; AMORPHOUS SELENIUM; AVALANCHE GAINS; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; FLAT PANEL DETECTORS; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; OPTIMAL DESIGN PARAMETERS;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC FIELD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FILM; FLUOROSCOPY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCINTILLATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; THICKNESS; X RAY;

EID: 25644437912     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2008428     Document Type: Article

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