Light emission efficiency and imaging performance of Y3Al 5O12: Ce (YAG: Ce) powder screens under diagnostic radiology conditions

Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 923-933

  Cavouras, D ^a   Kandarakis, I ^a   Nikolopoulos, D ^a   Kalatzis, I ^a   Kagadis, G ^b   Kalivas, N ^c   Episkopakis, A ^a   Linardatos, D ^a   Roussou, M ^a   Nirgianaki, E ^a   Margetis, D ^a   Valais, I ^a   Sianoudis, I ^a   Kourkoutas, K ^a   Dimitropoulos, N ^d   Louizi, A ^e   Nomicos, C ^a   Panayiotakis, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c Greek Atomic Energy   (Greece)

^d EUROMEDICA Medical Center   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE LUMINESCENCE EFFICIENCIES; DECAY TIME; DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY; DIGITAL IMAGING; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FAST RESPONSE; GREEN LIGHT; IMAGING PERFORMANCE; LIGHT EMISSION EFFICIENCY; LIGHT TRANSFER; LIGHT-ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; LOW-SPATIAL FREQUENCY; OPTICAL PARAMETER; POWDER SCINTILLATOR; RARE-EARTH SCINTILLATORS; THEORETICAL MODELS; X-RAY IMAGING DETECTOR; X-RAY TUBE VOLTAGES; XRAY IMAGING; YAG: CE;

ALUMINUM; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DRIERS (MATERIALS); EFFICIENCY; IMAGE QUALITY; IONIZATION; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; PHOSPHORS; RADIOLOGY; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 34547822921     PISSN: 09462171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00340-005-1791-8     Document Type: Article

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