Scan equalization digital radiography (SEDR) implemented with an amorphous selenium flat-panel detector: Initial experience

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 6959-6978

  Liu, Xinming ^a   Lai, Chao Jen ^a   Chen, Lingyun ^a   Han, Tao ^a   Zhong, Yuncheng ^a   Shen, Youtao ^a   Wang, Tianpeng ^a   Shaw, Chris C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SELENIUM; AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI); ANTI-SCATTER GRIDS; BEAM MODULATOR; CHEST PHANTOM; CHEST RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL CONDITIONS; DETECTABILITY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; EXPOSURE EQUALIZATION; FLAT-PANEL DETECTORS; FULL-FIELD; FULL-FIELD IMAGING; HIGHER NOISE LEVELS; IMAGE RECEPTORS; MOTOR DRIVER; POSITION FEEDBACK; REDUCTION RATIOS; SCATTER REJECTION; SCATTER-TO-PRIMARY RATIO; SCATTERED RADIATIONS; SLOT-SCAN; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION; X-RAY EXPOSURE; X-RAY FLUENCE;

AMORPHOUS FILMS; AMORPHOUS SILICON; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE REGISTRATION; LEAD; LEAD SCREWS; MODULATION; MOTORS; RADIOLOGY; SELENIUM; SENSORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

LEAD; SELENIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; EXPOSURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FILM; GEOMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; SCAN EQUALIZATION DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SENSOR; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELENIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 72149091464     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/22/014     Document Type: Article

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