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Opportunities for Fluorochlorozirconate and Other Glass-Ceramic Detectors in Medical Imaging Devices

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: This article gives an overview of fluorochlorozirconate glass-ceramic scintillators and storage phosphor materials: how they are synthesized, what their properties are, and how they can be used in medical imaging. Such materials can enhance imaging in x-ray radiography, especially mammography and dental imaging, computed tomography, and positron emission tomography. Although focusing on fluorochlorozirconate materials, the reader will find the discussion is relevant to other luminescent glass and glass-ceramic systems.

Source: Journal of Biomedical Technology and Research

DOI: 10.19104/jbtr.2015.102

Authors: Jacqueline A. Johnson, Russell L. Leonard, AR Lubinsky, Stefan Schweizer

Institutions: University of Tennessee System, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Stony Brook University, South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Language: English

Topic: Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies

Subfield: Radiation

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering