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Luminescence efficiency of Gd/sub 2/SiO/sub 5: Ce scintillator under X-ray excitation

Valais et al., 2005

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1783381647944162490
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Valais I
Kandarakis I
Nikolopoulos D
Sianoudis I
Dimitropoulos N
Cavouras D
Nomicos C
Panayiotakis G
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IEEE transactions on nuclear science

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Gd/sub 2/SiO/sub 5/: Ce (GSO: Ce) is a high-Z, nonhygroscopic fast emitting scintillator used in detectors of positron emission tomography (PET) systems. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the luminescence efficiency of GSO: Ce scintillator under irradiation conditions …
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    • G01T1/16—Measuring radiation intensity
    • G01T1/20—Measuring radiation intensity with scintillation detectors
    • G01T1/2018—Scintillation-photodiode combination
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    • G01T1/20—Measuring radiation intensity with scintillation detectors
    • G01T1/2006—Measuring radiation intensity with scintillation detectors using a combination of a scintillator and photodetector which measures the means radiation intensity
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    • G01T1/202—Measuring radiation intensity with scintillation detectors the detector being a crystal
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