An improved page-size 127 um pixel amorphous silicon image sensor for x-ray diagnostic medical imaging applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3032, Issue , 1997, Pages 14-21

  Weisfield, Richard L ^a   Street, Robert A ^b   Apte, Raj B ^b   Moore, Andrew M ^b  

^a XEROX CORPORATION   (United States)

^b PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

a Si; Amorphous Silicon; Array; Diagnostic; Image sensor; Imager; Medical imaging; X Ray

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IMAGE SENSORS; MICROMETERS; MODULATION; PIXELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SENSORS; SILICON; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; X RAYS;

A-SI; ARRAY; DIAGNOSTIC; IMAGE SENSOR; IMAGER; X-RAY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 58749084295     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.273983     Document Type: Conference Paper

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