Fluorozirconate-based glass ceramic X-ray detectors for digital radiography

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 42, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 632-637

  Schweizer, Stefan ^a,b   Johnson, Jacqueline A ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glass ceramics; Nanoparticles; Scintillator; Storage phosphor

Indexed keywords

GLASS CERAMICS; LUMINESCENCE; NANOPARTICLES; PHOSPHORS; RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FLUOROZIRCONATE; STORAGE PHOSPHORS; X RAY DETECTORS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 34548206785     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.01.056     Document Type: Article

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