The solid-state x-ray image intensifier (SSXII): An EMCCD-based x-ray detector

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6913, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kuhls Gilcrist, Andrew ^a,b   Yadava, Girijesh ^a   Patel, Vikas ^a   Jain, Amit ^a   Bednarek, Daniel R ^a   Rudin, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Dept of Physics ^*

Author keywords

Detectors; DQE; EMCCD; High resolution; INEE; MTF; Solid state x ray image intensifier; SSXII

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

FLAT PANEL DETECTORS (FPD); INSTRUMENTATION-NOISE; LOW-EXPOSURE-PER-FRAME; SOLID-STATE X-RAY IMAGE INTENSIFIER;

IMAGE INTENSIFIERS (ELECTRON TUBE);

EID: 43149087572     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.772724     Document Type: Conference Paper

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