Imaging properties of cerium doped Yttrium Aluminum Oxide (YAP:Ce) powder scintillating screens under X-ray excitation

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

Volumn 569, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 210-214

  Kalivas, N ^a   Valais, I ^b,c   Salemis, G ^c   Karagiannis, C ^c   Konstantinidis, A ^c   Nikolopoulos, D ^c   Loudos, G ^d   Sakelios, N ^d   Karakatsanis, N ^d   Nikita, K ^d   Gayshan, V L ^e   Gektin, A V ^e   Sianoudis, I ^c   Giokaris, N ^f,g   Nomicos, C D ^c   Dimitropoulos, N ^h   Cavouras, D ^c   Panayiotakis, G ^b   Kandarakis, I ^c  

^a GREEK ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^d NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e INSTITUTE FOR SCINTILLATION MATERIALS   (Ukraine)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^g Institute of Accelerating Systems and Applications   (Greece)

^h Euromedica Medical Center   (Greece)

Author keywords

CsI; Image quality; Radiation detectors; Scintillators; YAP:Ce

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CERIUM; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); IMAGE QUALITY; RADIATION DETECTORS; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

EDGE SPREAD FUNCTION (ESF); IMAGING PROPERTIES; NOISE POWER SPECTRUM (NPS); SCINTILLATING SCREENS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33751426111     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.08.020     Document Type: Article

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