Metal-Phosphor Intensifying Screens for High Energy Imaging Applications

1 January 1974

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Vol. 21 (1) , 692-694
https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.1974.4327533

Abstract

For energy in the range 1 to 25 MeV, phosphor screens alone provide an image of unsatisfactory diagnostic quality. The combination of a metal and phosphor intensifying screen provides improved image quality. The dependence of the light output of such a screen system upon choice of metal, metal thickness, choice of phosphor, and phosphor thickness is presented. Certain metal and phosphor combinations are shown to have sufficient light output for viewing with a low-light-level TV camera.

Keywords

PHOSPHORS
MEDICAL TREATMENT
IMAGE QUALITY
CAMERAS
REAL TIME SYSTEMS
CANCER
LIGHT SCATTERING
PARTICLE SCATTERING
LABORATORIES

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