The x-ray light valve: A low-cost digital radiographic imaging system

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4609-4611

  Koprinarov, Ivaylo ^a   Webster, Christie Ann ^a   MacDougall, Robert D ^a   Rowlands, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS;

DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES; FLAT PANEL; HIGH QUALITY; LIGHT VALVES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; X-RAY IMAGE;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; XERORADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 36649023493     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2799490     Document Type: Article

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