Modeling the effect of light generation and light attenuation properties on the performance of phosphors used in medical imaging radiation detectors

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 460, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 412-423

  Kandarakis, I ^a   Cavouras, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; RADIATION DETECTORS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

LIGHT GENERATION;

PHOSPHORS;

EID: 0035276080     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(00)01064-0     Document Type: Article

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