Digital radiography offers the potential of improved image quality as well as providing
opportunities for advances in medical image management, computer-aided diagnosis and …

Physics and Engineering of Radiation Detection presents an overview of the physics of
radiation detection and its applications. It covers the origins and properties of different kinds …

Spatial and temporal imaging characteristics of an amorphous silicon flat‐panel imager (FPI)
were investigated in terms relevant to the application of such devices in cone‐beam …

A theoretical investigation of factors limiting the detective quantum efficiency (DQE) of active
matrix flat‐panel imagers (AMFPIs), and of methods to overcome these limitations, is …

As part of the development necessary for implementing a fully digital radiology department,
the authors have investigated thin-film photodiodes and transistors for use in new …

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Despite the development of recent medical imaging
modalities, such as computed tomography (CT), ultrasound, nuclear medicine and magnetic …

Despite the progress made in imaging modalities based on nonionizing radiation such as
ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging, X-ray is still the primary imaging method in …

Large two dimensional amorphous silicon image sensor arrays offer a new approach to
electronic document input and x-ray imaging. The sensor array technology is now capable of …

The development of large area 2-dimensional amorphous silicon image sensor arrays has
taken nearly ten years. At the time of writing, these devices are being introduced into the …

Progress toward the development of a large area, flat-panel imager for diagnostic x-ray
imaging is described. The initial fabrication of a prototype array with a format of 1536 X 1920 …