Storage phosphors for medical imaging

Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1034-1086

  Leblans, Paul ^a   Vandenbroucke, Dirk ^a   Willems, Peter ^b  

^a AGFA GEVAERT N V   (Belgium)

^b Industrial Scientific and Computing BVBA ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bafbr:Eu2+; Computed radiography; Csbr:Eu2+; Image quality; Needle imaging plate; Optically stimulated lumi nescence; Storage phosphor; X ray

Indexed keywords

BAFBR:EU2+; COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY; CSBR:EU; NEEDLE IMAGING PLATES; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMI-NESCENCE; STORAGE PHOSPHORS;

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOSPHORS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

LIGHT EMISSION;

EID: 84860358089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma4061034     Document Type: Article

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