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photostimulable phosphor

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photostimulable phosphor,
a material used to capture radiographic images in computed radiography systems.


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6) Photostimulable phosphor plates behave as energy-integrating detectors, and the output signal is proportional to the total deposited energy.
Computed radiography exposure indices in mammography by Koen, Liebner; Herbst, Charles; Rae, William / South African Journal of Radiology
1) Computed radiography (CR) was the product name for the first commercial device for making radiographs using the process of photostimulable luminescence (PSL), whereby X-ray energy projected onto a doped crystalline material--the photostimulable phosphor (PSP)--produces a latent image of excited electrons in local potential energy traps.
Digital radiography: CR versus DR? Sometimes recognizing the ... by Willis, Charles E. / Applied Radiology
The direct system uses a sensor based on a charge coupled device (CCD) and the indirect uses photostimulable phosphor plates (PSP).
Digital radiography for the dental assistant by Ng, Vania M.; Sidhu, Gurminder; Wood, A. Jeffrey / The Dental Assistant
 
 
 
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