A low noise digital radiography image capture system employs a
two-dimensional array of pixel sites in the image capture panel with each
site having an analog-to-digital converter to digitize analog charge
values produced by imaging radiation directly into corresponding digital
data at the site prior to read-out to subsequent digital data processing
electronics thereby avoiding noise and crosstalk problems associated with
high frequency read-out of analog information. Fill factor problems
caused by inclusion of integrated circuitry on the pixel site are
minimized by inclusion of the A/D counter on the opposite side of the
substrate support for the pixel site.