Evaluating scintillators used in radiation detectors of medical imaging systems by the effective fidelity index method

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-66

  Kandarakis, I ^a   Cavouras, D ^a   Prassopoulos, P ^b   Kanellopoulos, E ^a   Nomicos, C D ^c   Panayiotakis, G S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^c Technol Educ Lnstitution A ^*  (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Phosphor screens; Scintillators; X ray luminescence

Indexed keywords

CESIUM COMPOUNDS; GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; LUMINESCENCE OF INORGANIC SOLIDS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTODETECTORS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

EFFECTIVE FIDELITY INDEX (EFI);

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION; X IRRADIATION;

GAMMA CAMERAS; LIGHT; METHODS; RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032977257     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(98)00109-0     Document Type: Article

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