Radioluminescent Imaging: Factors Affecting Total Light Output

Gilbert Zweig; David A. Zweig

doi:10.1117/12.936038

13 December 1983 Radioluminescent Imaging: Factors Affecting Total Light Output

Gilbert Zweig, David A. Zweig

Proceedings Volume 0419, Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine XI; (1983) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.936038
Event: Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine XI, 1983, Atlanta, United States

Abstract

Radioluminescent imaging, as used in this discussion, is defined as the mechanism wherein a phosphor coating absorbs an x-ray photon and re-emits light photons in the visible spectrum. This visible light, in turn, can expose a photosensitive film, excite a photodetector, or be viewed directly. Mathematical models are developed for three different juxtapositions of radioluminescent coating and photoreceptor planes. These models predict the total light output reaching the photoreceptor plane as a function of x-ray and optical attenuation coefficients, coating weights and intrinsic phosphor properties. Although the analysis is one dimensional, the model is shown to be extremely useful in actual designs of radioluminescent imaging systems.

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Gilbert Zweig and David A. Zweig "Radioluminescent Imaging: Factors Affecting Total Light Output", Proc. SPIE 0419, Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine XI, (13 December 1983); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.936038

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