Performance of a novel 43cm × 43 cm flat-panel detector with CsI:Tl scintillator

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5368, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 379-385

  Yamazaki, Tatsuya ^a   Tamura, Tomoyuki ^a   Nokita, Makoto ^a   Okada, Satoshi ^a   Hayashida, Shinsuke ^a   Ogawa, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a CANON INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; Cesium iodide (CsI); Contrast detail phantom; Detective quantum efficiency (DQE); Digital radiography; Image quality; Modulation transfer function (MTF); Scintillator

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CESIUM COMPOUNDS; DETECTORS; FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOSPHORS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SENSORS; THIN FILMS; TRANSISTORS;

CESIUM IODIDE (CSI); CONTRAST-DETAIL PHANTOM; DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY (DQE); DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION (MTF);

RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 3042641621     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.534010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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