radiography/fluoroscopy x-ray tube (RAD-94). The system geometry emulated
that of an interventional imaging system (e.g., C-arm or O-arm) with a
source-to-detector distance of 116.8 cm and source-axis distance of 64.8 cm
(matching the basic geometry of the O-arm™ imaging system;
Medtronic, Littleton MA, USA). CBCT scans involved 720 projections acquired
over 360° with synchronized x-ray pulses and
“step-and-shoot” rotation, thus eliminating effects of
azimuthal blur.25 (link) Neither
an antiscatter grid nor a bowtie filter was used in the current studies in
order to focus on more basic (raw) characteristics of FPD performance.
Unless otherwise specified, readout rate was fixed at 5 frames per second
(fps) for 2D fluoroscopy and 4 fps for 3D CBCT to accommodate the lower
frame rate of the reference mode on the a-Si:H FPD.