Radiography
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 58-62 , February 2009

Digital radiography detectors – A technical overview: Part 1

  • Luís Lança

      Affiliations

    • School of Health Technology, Lisbon Polytechnics, Lisbon, Portugal
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Augusto Silva

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electronic, Telecommunications and Informatics, Aveiro University, Aveiro, Portugal

Received 14 February 2008 ,Accepted 15 February 2008.

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PII: S1078-8174(08)00010-2

doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2008.02.004

Radiography
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 58-62 , February 2009

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