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Amorphous silicon (a-Si) type of EPID
Principles of operation
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Compton electrons produced in the copper
plate
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Electrons produce light photons in the
phosphor material
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The light sensor detector pixels are
photodiodes and TFT transistors
connected to readout and scanning
electronics.
Nahum, Mayles, Rosenwald, Handbook of radiotherapy