X-ray imaging performance of structured cesium iodide scintillators

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2594-2605

  Zhao, Wei ^a   Ristic, Goran ^b   Rowlands, J A ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cesium iodide; Digital radiography; Flat panel detectors; Indirect detection; Swank factor

Indexed keywords

CESIUM IODIDE; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; EFFICIENCY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN; IONIZATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FLAT PANEL DETECTORS; INDIRECT DETECTION; NOISE POWER SPECTRUM; PULSE HEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; SWANK FACTORS; X-RAY IMAGING DETECTOR;

X RAY DETECTORS;

CESIUM; CESIUM IODIDE; IODINE DERIVATIVE; THALLIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COLUMNAR STRUCTURED CESIUM IODIDE SCINTILLATOR; DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; NOISE POWER SPECTRUM; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM THEORY; SCINTILLATION; SCINTISCANNING; SENSOR; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; X RAY;

EID: 4644293266     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1782676     Document Type: Article

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