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RadioGraphics, Vol 17, 753-760, Copyright © 1997 by Radiological Society of North America
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JA Rowlands, W Zhao, IM Blevis, DF Waechter and Z Huang
Imaging Research Program, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Future imaging techniques will be capable of high image quality, fast acquisition, compactness, and versatile operation. A flat-panel imager that is expected to achieve these goals is under development. It consists of a thin layer of amorphous selenium that converts x rays directly to an electric charge and a thin-film electronic circuit, or active matrix, to read out the electronic signal directly to a computer host. The advantages of amorphous selenium include high resolution and low noise without loss of signal strength. The advantages of the active matrix are real-time readout, flexible design parameters, and compactness of the readout structures. A prototype of this imager has been built and operated, and initial images (of an x-ray test bar pattern and a hand phantom) have been acquired. Although the prototype was built to test scientific principles and many possibilities for optimization remain, the images already possess the quality necessary for many radiographic procedures. A large range of current and new applications exist for this imager.
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