Direct-conversion 50 μm pixel-pitch detector for digital mammography using amorphous selenium as a photoconductive switching layer for signal charge readout

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7258, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Irisawa, K ^a   Yamane, K ^a   Imai, S ^a   Ogawa, M ^a   Shouji, T ^a   Agano, T ^a   Hosoi, Y ^a   Hayakawa, T ^a  

^a FUJIFILM CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amorphous selenium; Digital mammography; Direct conversion; DQE; High resolution.; Photoinduced discharge; X ray detector

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SELENIUM; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; DIRECT CONVERSION; DQE; HIGH RESOLUTION.; PHOTOINDUCED DISCHARGE; X-RAY DETECTOR;

DETECTORS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON OPTICS; ELECTRONS; IMAGE SENSORS; IONIC CONDUCTION; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; PIXELS; SELENIUM; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; X RAY APPARATUS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 66849104504     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.811314     Document Type: Conference Paper

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