Effects of scintillator on the detective quantum efficiency (DQE) of a digital imaging system

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-223

  Farman, Taeko T ^a   Vandre, Robert H ^b   Pajak, John C ^b   Miller, Stuart R ^c,d   Lempicki, Alex ^c   Farman, Allan G ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b U S ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND MATERIEL COMMAND   (United States)

^c ALEM Associates   (United States)

^d RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CESIUM IODIDE; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM SULFOXYLATE; IODIDE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CERAMICS; FILTRATION; INSTRUMENTATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY; X RAY FILM;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; CERAMICS; CESIUM; FILTRATION; GADOLINIUM; IODIDES; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; SEMICONDUCTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS; X-RAYS;

EID: 31544468350     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2005.07.032     Document Type: Article

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