Light emission efficiency and imaging performance of Gd2O 2S:Eu powder scintillator under x-ray radiography conditions

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3694-3703

  Michail, C M ^a   Fountos, G P ^b   Liaparinos, P F ^b   Kalyvas, N E ^b   Valais, I ^b   Kandarakis, I S ^b   Panayiotakis, G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

imaging performance; light emission efficiency; phosphor screens; radiation detectors; x ray radiography

Indexed keywords

CESIUM IODIDE; EFFICIENCY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PHOSPHORS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY DETECTORS; X RAY SCREENS;

ABSOLUTE LUMINESCENCE EFFICIENCIES; DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; FLAT PANEL DETECTORS; IMAGING PERFORMANCE; LIGHT EMISSION EFFICIENCY; PHOSPHOR SCREENS; POWDER SCINTILLATOR; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGES;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

EUROPIUM; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM SULFOXYLATE;

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICES; LIGHT; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROCEDURES; RADIATION SCATTERING;

ABSORPTION; EUROPIUM; GADOLINIUM; LIGHT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICAL PROCESSES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954731174     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3451113     Document Type: Article

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