Question

A cesium iodide/ amorphous silicon flat panel detector used for digital fluoroscopy is considered to be a:

1. indirect digital detector
2. direct digital detector
3. scintillator detector
4. non-scintillator detector

Answer 1

A cesium iodide/amorphous silicon flat panel detector used for digital fluoroscopy is considered to be a direct digital detector.

Step-by-step explanation:

A cesium iodide/amorphous silicon flat panel detector used for digital fluoroscopy is considered to be a direct digital detector. Solid-state radiation detectors, like the cesium iodide/amorphous silicon detector, convert ionization produced in a semiconductor directly into an electrical signal. They are able to directly convert incident radiation into electrical current, making them an example of a direct digital detector.