X-ray induced luminescence and spatial resolution of La2O2S:Tb phosphor screens

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 297-307

  Kandarakis, I ^a   Cavouras, D ^a   Panayiotakis, G ^b   Agelis, T ^c   Nomicos, C ^a   Giakoumakis, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MATHEMATICS; METALS, RARE EARTH; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS; X-RAYS;

EID: 0030052570     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/41/2/007     Document Type: Article

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