High-resolution x-ray imaging with a Gd2O3(Eu) transparent ceramic scintillator

Herbert D. Zeman; Frank A. DiBianca; Gunnar Lovhoiden

doi:10.1117/12.208365

8 May 1995 High-resolution x-ray imaging with a Gd₂O₃(Eu) transparent ceramic scintillator

Herbert D. Zeman, Frank A. DiBianca, Gunnar Lovhoiden

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Proceedings Volume 2432, Medical Imaging 1995: Physics of Medical Imaging; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.208365
Event: Medical Imaging 1995, 1995, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A liquid nitrogen cooled CCD TV camera from Astromed, Ltd., has been used for quantitative x-ray medical imaging. The CCD is coupled to a Gd₂O₃(Eu) transparent ceramic scintillator on loan from the Ceramics Division of the General Electric Research Laboratories with an 80 mm f 1.3 oscilloscope camera lens optimized for 2:1 demagnification. High-resolution single-energy x-ray images have been acquired of lead bar patterns, human heel bones, and human teeth. Dual-energy bone-mineral densitometry images have been acquired of the foot and the femur of a rat.

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Herbert D. Zeman, Frank A. DiBianca, and Gunnar Lovhoiden "High-resolution x-ray imaging with a Gd₂O₃(Eu) transparent ceramic scintillator", Proc. SPIE 2432, Medical Imaging 1995: Physics of Medical Imaging, (8 May 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.208365

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