Comparison of CMOS and a-Si flat panel imagers for X-ray imaging

2011 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques, IST 2011 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 194-200

  Zentai, George ^a  

^a VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

a Si technology; CMOS technology; flat panel detectors; passive and active pixel technology; X ray imagers

Indexed keywords

A-SI TECHNOLOGY; ACTIVE PIXEL; CMOS TECHNOLOGY; FLAT PANEL DETECTORS; X-RAY IMAGERS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PIXELS; POSITION MEASUREMENT; SILICON; SILICON DETECTORS; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 80052180665     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IST.2011.5962217     Document Type: Conference Paper

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