Development of the HiLight™ scintillator for computed tomography medical imaging

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

Volumn 505, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 68-71

  Duclos, Steven J ^a   Greskovich, Charles D ^a   Lyons, Robert J ^a   Vartuli, James S ^a,b   Hoffman, David M ^b   Riedner, Robert J ^b   Lynch, Michael J ^b  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramic; Computed tomography; Scintillator

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIATION DAMAGE; RARE EARTHS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; X RAYS;

CERAMIC SCINTILLATORS;

PHOSPHORS;

EID: 0037680287     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(03)01022-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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