Performance evaluation of polycrystalline HgI2 photoconductors for radiation therapy imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2738-2748

  Zhao, Qihua ^a   Antonuk, Larry E ^a   El Mohri, Youcef ^a   Wang, Yi ^a,b   Du, Hong ^a,c   Sawant, Amit ^a,d   Su, Zhong ^a,e   Yamamoto, Jin ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MICROSOFT   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

DQE; EPID; Flat panel imager; Megavoltage x ray imaging; PIB; Polycrystalline mercuric iodide; PVD

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAMMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; PLATE METAL; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; RADIOTHERAPY; SCREEN PRINTING; THICK FILMS;

DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; EPID; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIATION THERAPY; FLAT-PANEL IMAGERS; NOISE POWER SPECTRUM; POLYCRYSTALLINE MERCURIC IODIDE; XRAY IMAGING;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77953513430     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3416924     Document Type: Article

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