Photoconductor-based (direct) large-area x-ray imagers

Journal of the Society for Information Display

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 543-550

  Zentai, George ^a  

^a VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

A Se; A Si TFT arrays; CdTe; CZT; Direct x ray imaging; Indirect x ray imaging; Lead iodide; Mercuric iodide; Organic semiconductors; X ray imagers

Indexed keywords

A-SI TFT; CDTE; DIRECT X-RAY; LEAD IODIDE; MERCURIC IODIDE; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR; X-RAY IMAGERS; XRAY IMAGING;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; IMAGE SENSORS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; PHOTODIODES; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SILICON; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAYS; Z TRANSFORMS;

PHOTODEGRADATION;

EID: 72149114072     PISSN: 10710922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1889/JSID17.6.543     Document Type: Article

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