Evaluation of the luminescence efficiency of YAG:Ce powder scintillating screens for use in digital mammography detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 57, Issue 3 PART 1, 2010, Pages 951-957

  David, S L ^a   Michail, C M ^a   Roussou, M ^b   Nirgianaki, E ^b   Toutountzis, A E ^a   Valais, I G ^b   Fountos, G ^b   Liaparinos, P F ^b   Kandarakis, I ^b   Panayiotakis, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Digital mammography; Luminescence efficiency; Scintillation detectors

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AMORPHOUS SILICON; CESIUM IODIDE; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY ABSORPTION; LIGHT; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOSPHORS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SILICON DETECTORS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY SCREENS; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

ABSOLUTE LUMINESCENCE EFFICIENCIES; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY DETECTORS; ENERGY ABSORPTION EFFICIENCY; LIGHT EMISSION SPECTRA; LUMINESCENCE EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM DETECTION EFFICIENCY; X-RAY MEDICAL IMAGING;

X RAY DETECTORS;

EID: 77953714224     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2010.2044890     Document Type: Article

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