Lens-coupled MeV x-radiography and CT with transparent ceramic GLO scintillators

N. J. Cherepy; Z. M. Seeley; D. J. Schneberk; C. J. McNamee; C. I. Pincus; T. J. Rudzik; R. A. Osborne; I. R. Phillips; J. A. Nicolino; J. Hall; A. Townsend; S. A. Payne

doi:10.1117/12.2595956

1 September 2021 Lens-coupled MeV x-radiography and CT with transparent ceramic GLO scintillators

N. J. Cherepy, Z. M. Seeley, D. J. Schneberk, C. J. McNamee, C. I. Pincus, T. J. Rudzik, R. A. Osborne, I. R. Phillips, J. A. Nicolino, J. Hall, A. Townsend, S. A. Payne

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Proceedings Volume 11838, Hard X-Ray, Gamma-Ray, and Neutron Detector Physics XXIII; 118380P (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2595956
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2021, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Lens-coupled X-ray computed tomography (X-ray CT) using a transparent scintillator imaged on a CCD camera obtains higher spatial resolution than the more commonly employed phosphor-enhanced amorphous silicon (A-Si) panels. A-Si panels are limited to resolution typically greater than ~200 microns, have a limited working life due to degradation with dose, and provide intrinsically low efficiency with thin (few hundred microns thick) phosphor coatings. Demanding applications such as imaging the interior of complex additively manufactured components require high throughput and high resolution, best achieved with a lens-coupled system. However, for large fields-of-view, very large area but thin transparent scintillators are required – a format difficult to fabricate with high light yield single crystals – therefore, glass scintillators with both modest X-ray interaction and light yield have been used for years. We have developed a new polycrystalline transparent ceramic scintillator, Gd0.3Lu1.6Eu0.1O3, or “GLO,” that offers excellent stopping power and light yield for improved contrast in sizes up to 14” x 14” plates, with thicknesses in the 2-10 mm range, and we are implementing it in systems to increase imaging throughput for 9 MeV Bremsstrahlung X-ray CT. CT imaging performance will be described.

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N. J. Cherepy, Z. M. Seeley, D. J. Schneberk, C. J. McNamee, C. I. Pincus, T. J. Rudzik, R. A. Osborne, I. R. Phillips, J. A. Nicolino, J. Hall, A. Townsend, and S. A. Payne "Lens-coupled MeV x-radiography and CT with transparent ceramic GLO scintillators", Proc. SPIE 11838, Hard X-Ray, Gamma-Ray, and Neutron Detector Physics XXIII, 118380P (1 September 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2595956

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