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An alternate line erasure and readout (ALER) method for implementing slot-scan imaging technique with a flat-panel detector-initial experiences

Liu et al., 2006

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10867889958985657161
Author
Liu X
Shaw C
Altunbas M
Wang T
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IEEE transactions on medical imaging

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This paper describes and demonstrates an electronic collimation method, referred to as the alternate line erasure and readout (ALER) technique, for implementing slot-scan digital radiography technique with an amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film transistor (TFT) array based …
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