Glass-ceramics and epoxy-composites for radiation imaging

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 42, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 899-902

  Williams, G V M ^a   Bittar, A ^a   Dotzler, C ^a,b   Beaudin, A ^a   Varoy, C ^b   Dunford, C ^a  

^a CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Glass ceramic; Optically stimulated luminescence; X ray storage phosphor

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLITES; EPOXY RESINS; GLASS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EPOXY-COMPOSITES; OPTICAL EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; RADIATION IMAGING;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 34548214226     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.02.037     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Aggarwal, I.D., Lu, G., 1991. Fluoride Glass Fiber Optics. Academic Press, Boston, p. 29 (Chapter 1).
2. Chen G., Johnson J., Weber R., Nishikawa R., Schweizer S., Newman P., and MacFarlane D. Fluorozirconate-based nanophase glass ceramics for high resolution medical X-ray imaging. J. Non-Cryst. Solids 352 (2006) 610-614
3. Douguchi Y., Nanto H., Sato T., Imai A., Nasu S., Kusano E., and Kinbara A. Optically stimulated luminescence in Eu-doped KBr phosphor ceramics. Radiat. Protect. Dosim. 84 (1999) 143-148
4. Edgar A., Spaeth J.M., Schweizer S., Assmann S., Newman P.J., and MacFarlane D.R. Photostimulated luminescence in a rare earth-doped fluorobromozirconate glass ceramic. Appl. Phys. Lett. 75 (1999) 2386-2388
5. Edgar A., Williams G.V.M., Sagar P.K.D., Secu M., Schweizer S., Spaeth J.M., Hu J., Newman P.J., and MacFarlane D.R. A new fluorozirconate glass-ceramic X-ray storage phosphor. J. Non-Cryst. Solids 326&327 (2003) 489-493
6. Edgar A., Williams G.V.M., Hamlin J., Secu M., Schweizer S., and Spaeth M. New materials for glass-ceramic X-ray storage phosphors. Curr. Appl. Phys. 4 (2004) 193-196
7. Pedroza-Montero, Castañeda B., Meléndrez R., Piters T.M., and Barboza-Flores M. Thermoluminescence, optical stimulated luminescence and defect creation in europium doped KCl and KBr crystals. Phys. Status Solidi (B) 220 (2000) 671-676
8. Rogulis, U., Tale, I., Hangleiter, Th., Spaeth, J.M., 1995. The photostimulation process in the X-ray storage phosphor KBr: In. J. Phys. Condens. Matter 7, 3129-3137.
9. Schweizer S. Physics and current understanding of X-ray storage phosphors. Phys. Status Solidi 187 (2001) 335-393
10. Schweizer S., Hobbs L.W., Secu M., Spaeth J.M., Edgar A., and Williams G.V.M. Photostimulated luminescence in Eu-doped fluorochlorozirconate glass ceramics. Appl. Phys. Lett. 83 (2003) 449-451
11. Schweizer S., Hobbs L.W., Secu M., Spaeth J.M., Edgar A., Williams G.V.M., and Hamlin J. Photostimulated luminescence from fluorochlorozirconate glass ceramics and the effect of crystallite size. J. Appl. Phys. 97 (2005) 083522
12. West, R.C., 1973. Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 54th ed. CRC Press, Cleveland, OH, p. B-70.