Calibration model of a dual gain flat panel detector for 2D and 3D x-ray imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3649-3664

  Schmidgunst, C ^a,b   Ritter, D ^a   Lang, E ^b  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cone beam CT; Dual dynamic range; FD calibration; FD conditioning; Flat panel detector (FD); Lag

Indexed keywords

CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA HANDLING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PRODUCT DESIGN; ROBOTIC ARMS;

CONE-BEAM CT; CONVENTIONAL DETECTORS; DUAL DYNAMICS; FLAT PANEL DETECTORS; IMAGE INTENSIFIER SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3-D) IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

X RAY DETECTORS;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY;

EID: 34548331753     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2760024     Document Type: Article

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