A new lutetia-based ceramic scintillator for X-ray imaging

Autor:	S.V. Tipnis, Vivek V. Nagarkar, P. Szupryczynski, C. Brecher, Stuart Miller, Helmut Lingertat, A. Lempicki
Rok vydání:	2002
Předmět:	Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors business.industry Contrast resolution Phosphor Scintillator Particle detector Optics Pixelation visual_art Scintillation counter visual_art.visual_art_medium Ceramic business Instrumentation Image resolution
Zdroj:	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 488:579-590
ISSN:	0168-9002
DOI:	10.1016/s0168-9002(02)00556-9
Popis:	We report a new scintillator based on a transparent ceramic of Lu 2 O 3 :Eu. The material has an extremely high density of 9.4 g/cm 3 , a light output comparable to CsI:Tl, and a narrow band emission at 610 nm that falls close to the maximum of the response curve of CCDs. Pixelation of the scintillator to prevent lateral spread of light enhances the spatial and contrast resolution, providing imaging performance that equals or surpasses all other currently known scintillators. Upon further development of readout technologies to take full advantage of its transparency, the new scintillator should play a major role in digital radiographic systems.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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