A comparative investigation of Lu2SiO5:Ce and Gd 2O2S:Eu powder scintillators for use in x-ray mammography detectors

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Michail, C M ^a   Fountos, G P ^b   David, S L ^a   Valais, I G ^b   Toutountzis, A E ^a   Kalyvas, N E ^b   Kandarakis, I S ^b   Panayiotakis, G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Image quality; Powder scintillators; Radiation detectors; X ray mammography

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; IMAGE QUALITY; IONIZATION; LIGHT; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PHOSPHORS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; X RAY DETECTORS; X RAYS;

DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY DETECTORS; INTRINSIC PROPERTY; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; POWDER SCINTILLATOR; QUANTUM DETECTION EFFICIENCY; SCINTILLATING SCREENS; X-RAY MAMMOGRAPHY;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 70350671711     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/20/10/104008     Document Type: Article

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