High energy X-ray radiation sensitive scintillating materials for medical imaging, cancer diagnosis and therapy

L Lu, M Sun, Q Lu, T Wu, B Huang - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
X-rays are widely adopted in cancer radiotherapy and clinical diagnosis devices for
photodynamic therapy (PDT) and medical radiography. The sole utilization of X-ray …

Development of X-ray-induced afterglow characterization system

T Yanagida, Y Fujimoto, T Ito, K Uchiyama… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
To evaluate the X-ray-induced afterglow phenomenon, we developed an ionizing-radiation-
induced luminescence characterization system equipped with a pulse-width-tunable X-ray …

Comparative study of CsBr: Tl transparent ceramic and single crystal for radiation detector applications

H Kimura, T Kato, D Nakauchi, G Okada… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, a CsBr single crystal was grown by the vertical Bridgman–Stockbargermethod,
and CsBr transparent ceramic was made by spark plasma sintering. Then, these materials …

Evaluation of GAGG: Ce scintillators for future space applications

M Yoneyama, J Kataoka, M Arimoto… - Journal of …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Cerium-doped Gd 3 (Ga, Al) 5 O 12 (GAGG: Ce) is a promising novel scintillator for
gamma-ray detectors. While GAGG: Ce has already been implemented in various …

CsI: Tl+, Yb 2+: ultra-high light yield scintillator with reduced afterglow

Y Wu, G Ren, M Nikl, X Chen, D Ding, H Li, S Pan… - …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The afterglow problem has been preventing CsI: Tl single crystal scintillators from being
used for applications in the field of computer tomography and high-speed imaging. We show …

[PDF][PDF] Scintillation and dosimetric properties of Ce: CsCl transparent ceramics

H Kimura, F Nakamura, T Kato… - Sensors and …, 2018 - sensors.myu-group.co.jp
Ce: CsCl transparent ceramics doped with different concentrations of Ce (0.01, 0.1, and 1
mol.%) were synthesized by spark plasma sintering, and their optical, scintillation and …

Modified floating-zone crystal growth of Mg 4 Ta 2 O 9 and its scintillation performance

D Yuan, F Moretti, D Perrodin, G Bizarri, T Shalapska… - …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Aiming to explore scintillator candidates for high-energy radiography, the environmentally
friendly compound Mg4Ta2O9 was selected. Bulk crystals of good optical quality are …

Optical and scintillation properties of Tl-doped CsBr transparent ceramics produced by spark plasma sintering

H Kimura, F Nakamura, T Kato, D Nakauchi… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - Springer
We have developed CsBr transparent ceramics doped with various concentrations of Tl
(0.01, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.5 mol%) by spark plasma sintering and then investigated for …

Light output measurements and computational models of microcolumnar CsI scintillators for x‐ray imaging

P Nillius, W Klamra, P Sibczynski, D Sharma… - Medical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: The authors report on measurements of light output and spatial resolution of
microcolumnar CsI: Tl scintillator detectors for x‐ray imaging. In addition, the authors discuss …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluation of Scintillation and Thermally Stimulated Luminescence Properties of Cs2CdCl4 Single Crystals.

T Sakai, M Koshimizu, Y Fujimoto… - Sensors & …, 2018 - sensors.myu-group.co.jp
The optical and scintillation properties of undoped, Sb-doped, and Tl-doped Cs2CdCl4
single crystals were investigated. We chose Sb3+ and Tl+ as the dopants of (ns) 2-type …