Investigation of the performance of scintillator-based CMOS flat panel detectors for X-ray and thermal neutron imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 57, Issue 3 PART 2, 2010, Pages 1409-1413

  Cha, Bo Kyung ^a   Kim, Jong Yul ^a   Kim, Tae Joo ^b   Kim, Yikyung ^b   Sim, Cheulmuu ^b   Lee, Seung Wook ^b   Cho, Gyuseong ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cmos flat panel detectors; Digital x ray imaging; Neutron radiography; Scintillating materials

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AREA; ACTIVE PIXEL SENSOR; CMOS APS; CMOS IMAGING; COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; DIFFERENT THICKNESS; DIGITAL X-RAY IMAGING; EFFECTIVE IMAGING; FIBER-OPTIC PLATES; FLAT PANEL DETECTORS; GADOLINIUM OXYSULFIDES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; IMAGING PERFORMANCE; INDIRECT DETECTION; LIGHT OUTPUT; MICRO CT; PHOTODIODE ARRAYS; PIXEL PITCH; RADIATION IMAGING; SCINTILLATION PROPERTIES; SILICON-BASED CMOS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THERMAL NEUTRON BEAMS; THERMAL NEUTRON IMAGING; THERMAL NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; X-RAY CONVERTERS;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; GADOLINIUM; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LIGHT EMISSION; LINEARIZATION; NEUTRON EMISSION; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PIXELS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOLOGY; SCINTILLATION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SENSORS; SILICON DETECTORS; TERBIUM; TERBIUM ALLOYS; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77953930216     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2039229     Document Type: Conference Paper

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