A forward bias method for lag correction of an a-Si flat panel detector

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-27

  Starman, Jared ^a,b   Tognina, Carlo ^c   Partain, Larry ^c   Fahrig, Rebecca ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

after glow; flat panel; lag; x ray detector

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFECTS; FIRMWARE; IRRADIATION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PHANTOMS; PHOTODIODES; RADAR; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; X RAY APPARATUS; X RAYS;

AFTER GLOW; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; FLAT PANEL; FLAT PANEL DETECTORS; HARDWARE SOLUTIONS; PULSED IRRADIATION; SYSTEM LINEARITY;

X RAY DETECTORS;

EID: 84855424373     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3664004     Document Type: Article

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