The imaging performance of compact Lu2 O3:Eu powdered phosphor screens: Monte Carlo simulation for applications in mammography

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1985-1997

  Liaparinos, P F ^a   Kandarakis, I S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo; Phosphor screens; Radiation detectors; X ray mammography

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; EFFICIENCY; LIGHT; LIGHT EXTINCTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOSPHORS; PROGRAM DIAGNOSTICS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; RADIATION DETECTORS; RARE EARTHS; SCINTILLATION; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY SCREENS; X RAY SPECTROGRAPHS;

DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; LUMINESCENCE EFFICIENCIES; MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM; PHOSPHOR SCREENS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; QUANTUM DETECTION EFFICIENCY; SCINTILLATING PROPERTIES; X-RAY MAMMOGRAPHY;

X RAY DETECTORS;

EUROPIUM; LUTETIUM; LUTETIUM OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; COMPACT DISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LUMINESCENCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICAL BIOSENSOR; OPTICAL DENSITY; PERFORMANCE; PHOSPHOR SCREEN; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; X RAY; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 66449129236     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3121423     Document Type: Article

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