Amorphous selenium detector utilizing a frisch grid for photoncounting imaging applications

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7258, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Goldan, A H ^a   Fang, Y ^a   Karim, K S ^a   Tousignant, O ^b   Mani, H ^b   Laperriere L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Anrad Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amorphous selenium; Detective quantum efficiency; Frisch grid; Hole only; Lag; Modulation transfer function; Near field effect; Small pixel effect; Unipolar charge sensing; X ray sensitivity

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SELENIUM; DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; FRISCH GRID; HOLE-ONLY; LAG; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; NEAR-FIELD EFFECT; SMALL-PIXEL EFFECT; UNIPOLAR CHARGE SENSING; X-RAY SENSITIVITY;

CHARGE TRAPPING; DETECTORS; ELECTRON MOBILITY; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODULATION; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PIXELS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; RADIATION DAMAGE; SELENIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 66749131438     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.813708     Document Type: Conference Paper

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