Design and performance of a new a-Si flat panel imager for use in cardiovascular and mobile C-arm imaging systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5368, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 648-656

  Tognina, Carlo A ^a   Mollov, Ivan ^a   Yu, Jiann M ^a   Webb, Chris ^a   Roos, Pieter G ^a   Batts, Mark ^a   Trinh, Delena ^a   Fong, Robert ^a   Taie Nobraie, Nima ^a   Nepo, Boris ^a   Job, Isaias D ^a   Gray, Keith ^a   Boyce, Sarah ^a   Colbeth, Richard E ^a  

^a VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; C arm; Cardiac imaging; Flat panel detector; Fluoroscopy; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

C-ARM; CARDIAC IMAGING; FLAT PANEL DETECTORS; FLUOROSCOPY; X-RAY IMAGING;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS; HEAT TRANSFER; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOSPHORS; PHOTODIODES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 3042602101     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.536054     Document Type: Conference Paper

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