Amplified pixel sensor architectures for low dose computed tomography using silicon thin film technology

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6510, Issue PART 2, 2007, Pages

  Taghibakhsh, F ^a   Karim, K S ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; Amplified pixel sensor; Cone beam computed tomography; Flat panel imager; High frame rate; Medical imaging; Pixel architecture; TFT

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; AMPLIFICATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PIXELS; THIN FILMS;

AMPLIFIED PIXEL SENSORS; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CBCT); FLAT PANEL IMAGERS (FPI); HIGH FRAME RATE;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 35148848797     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.710147     Document Type: Conference Paper

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