Evaluation of the GSO:Ce scintillator in the X-ray energy range from 40 to 140 kV for possible applications in medical X-ray imaging

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

Volumn 560, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 577-583

  Nikolopoulos, D ^a   Valais, I ^a,b   Kandarakis, I ^a   Cavouras, D ^a   Linardatos, D ^a   Sianoudis, I ^a   Louizi, A ^c   Dimitropoulos, N ^d   Vattis, D ^a   Episkopakis, A ^a   Nomicos, C ^a   Panayiotakis, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d Euromedica Medical Center   (Greece)

Author keywords

Luminescence efficiency; Radiation detectors; Scintillators; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

CERIUM; GADOLINIUM; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

CRYSTAL THICKNESSES; LUMINESCENCE EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL QUANTUM GAIN; X-RAY IMAGING;

PHOSPHORS;

EID: 33646101033     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2005.12.245     Document Type: Article

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