LSO-based single crystal film scintillator for synchrotron-based hard X-ray micro-imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1412-1418

  Martin, Thierry ^a   Douissard, Paul Antoine ^a   Couchaud, Maurice ^b   Cecilia, Angelica ^c   Baumbach, Tilo ^c   Dupré, Klaus ^d   Rack, Alexander ^a,c  

^a EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^b CEA LETI   (France)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d FEE GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Luminescence; Micro imaging; Micro tomography; SO:Tb; Submicrometer resolution; Synchrotron instrumentation,thin screen scintillator; X ray detector

Indexed keywords

MICRO-IMAGING; MICRO-TOMOGRAPHY; SO:TB; SUBMICROMETER RESOLUTION; SYNCHROTRON INSTRUMENTATION,THIN SCREEN SCINTILLATOR; X-RAY DETECTOR;

ABSORPTION; ALUMINUM; CAMERAS; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; DETECTORS; EUROPIUM; GADOLINIUM; GALLIUM; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IONIZATION; LIGHT; LUTETIUM; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOSPHORS; PLASTIC FILMS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SYNCHROTRONS; TERBIUM ALLOYS; TOMOGRAPHY; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY APPARATUS; X RAYS;

LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 67649224415     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2015878     Document Type: Article

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