Thick phosphor screens for on-line portal imaging.

Abstract:

:Gd2O2S phosphor screens between 250 and 1000 mg/cm2 thick were evaluated for use in megavoltage imaging systems. The phosphor layers were placed on brass plates ranging from 1 to 5 mm thick, each with and without an optical back reflector (white paint). Light output and spatial resolution were measured at 6- and 23-MV x-ray energies. Light output was found to increase linearly with phosphor thickness up to 500 mg/cm2, reaching a plateau at 1000 mg/cm2. Spatial resolution [modulation transfer function (MTF)] decreased exponentially with phosphor thickness up to 750 mg/cm2, where a minimum was reached. The variation of MTF with phosphor thickness was found to obey a simple empirical relation.

journal_name

Med Phys

journal_title

Medical physics

authors

Wowk B,Shalev S

doi

10.1118/1.597209

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1994-08-01 00:00:00

pages

1269-76

issue

8

eissn

0094-2405

issn

2473-4209

journal_volume

21

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