Evaluation of ZnS:Cu phosphor as X-ray to light converter under mammographie conditions

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 263-275

  Kandarakis, I ^a   Cavouras, D ^a   Nikolopoulos, D ^a   Anastasiou, A ^a   Dimitropoulos, N ^b   Kalivas, N ^c   Ventouras, E ^a   Kalatzis, I ^a   Nomicos, C ^a   Panayiotakis, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b Euromedica Medical Center   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Image quality; Luminescence efficiency; Phosphor screens

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; COPPER; IMAGE QUALITY; LUMINESCENCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PHOSPHORS; PHOTODETECTORS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

LIGHT ATTENUATION; LUMINESCENCE EFFICIENCY; PHOSPHOR SCREENS; X-RAY IMAGING;

ZINC SULFIDE;

EID: 9544232527     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2004.02.023     Document Type: Article

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