Multidetector-row CT with a 64-row amorphous silicon flat panel

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6510, Issue PART 2, 2007, Pages

  Shapiro, Edward G ^a   Colbeth, Richard E ^a   Daley, Earl T ^a   Job, Isaias D ^a   Mollov, Ivan P ^a   Mollov, Todor I ^a   Pavkovich, John M ^a   Roos, Pieter G ^a   Star Lack, Josh M ^a   Tognina, Carlo A ^a  

^a VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; ASIC; Cone beam CT; Flat panel detectors; Multidetector row CT; Scintillators; X ray

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC SCANNERS; FLAT PANEL DETECTORS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; PHOSPHORS; PHOTODIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; X RAYS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 35148841657     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.713682     Document Type: Conference Paper

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