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Digital Radiography Gains Ground

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Flat panel digital x-ray detectors offer challenge on traditional applications.

Reiner Quad, Mario Gauer and Brian Giambattista PerkinElmer Optoelectronics

Flat panel digital detectors were introduced in the 1990s as an alternative technology to traditional film, computed radiography and image intensifiers for diagnostic medical imaging. As their performance has improved, they have begun to challenge conventional imaging techniques for a greater share of the x-ray imaging market. End users can also expect some infiltration into other market areas, such as industrial inspection. The technology is based on amorphous silicon (a-Si) fabricated on a glass substrate using thin-film processing. An x-ray scintillator, which converts x-rays to visible...Read full article

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    Published: January 2004
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    radiography
    A photographic process using x-ray radiation or the g-rays of radioactive materials.
    chemicalsFeaturesFlat panel digital detectorsimage intensifiersindustrialradiographySensors & Detectors

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