Amorphous selenium flat panel x-ray imager for tomosynthesis...

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ABSTRACT:
A flat panel x-ray imager exhibiting reduced ghosting effects and overvoltage protection by appropriate leakage current characteristics of the thin-film transistor array. A top electrode of a suitable material is directly on an amorphous selenium-based charge generator layer allowing charge transport across the layer, thereby reducing ghosting. Alternatively, a non-insulating organic layer may be between the top electrode and the charge generating layer. The thin-film transistors have leakage current that rises relatively slowly with voltage across the transistor within a range that matches exposure through an object being imaged but rises at a sufficiently higher rate within a higher range to provide protection even when a corresponding region of the charge generator layer receives greater amounts of x-rays. A voltage is applied to the top electrode. This voltage may be within the range of 500 V to 2,000 V.

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