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An Investigation Of Rare Earth Co-Doping In Fluorochlorozirconate Glass-Ceramic Imaging Plates To Improve The Storage Phosphor Properties For Computed Radiography, Sharon Gray

Masters Theses

Computed radiography is a standard medical imaging technology that uses photostimulable storage phosphor imaging plates to create an image. X-rays create electron hole pairs within the plate which recombine upon stimulation by a laser, producing light which is read out and stored as a digital image. Modern imaging plates contain an active layer of crystalline storage phosphors embedded in a polymer binder. The resolution of images from these plates is reduced due to light scattering at grain boundaries during readout. Fluorochlorozirconate (FCZ) glass-ceramic imaging plates containing BaCl₂:Eu²⁺ [barium chloride] [europium]nanocrystals in the orthorhombic phase have been developed …