Application of Gd2O2S Ceramic Scintillator for X-Ray Solid State Detector in X-Ray CT
- 1 August 1988
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 27 (8A) , L1572
- https://doi.org/10.1143/jjap.27.l1572
Abstract
The quality of CT images depends on the characteristics of the X-ray detector. In place of conventional xenon ionization detectors, we have designed a highly efficient solid state detector with low detector noise by using a Gd2O2S ceramic scintillator.Keywords
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