Signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) of X-ray imaging scintillators determined by luminescence measurements

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-68

  Cavouras, D ^a   Kandarakis, I ^a   Kanellopoulos, M ^a   Nomicos, C D ^a   Panayiotakis, G S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTONS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; X RAY APPARATUS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

X RAY LUMINESCENCE EFFICIENCY (XLE);

PHOSPHORS;

GADOLINIUM; LANTHANUM; TERBIUM; YTTRIUM;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUMINESCENCE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; X RAY;

EID: 0033014162     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(98)00136-5     Document Type: Article

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