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Chapter 20: Radiation Detection and Measurement 639TABLE 20-1. INORGANIC SCINTILLATORS USED IN MEDICAL IMAGINGWavelengthAfterglowof maximal Conversion Decay afterAtomic Density emission efficiency" constant 3 msecMaterial numbers (g/cm3 ) (nm) (%) (~s) (%) UsesNal(TJ) 11,53 3.67 415 100 0.23 0.3-5 ScintillationcamerasBi.Ge30,2 83,32,8 7.13 480 12-14 0.3 0.1 Position emissiontomographyscannersCsl(Na) 55,53 4.51 420 85 0.63 0.5-5 Input phosphorof imageintensifiertubesCsl(TI) 55,53 4.51 565 45b 1.0 0.5-5 Indirectdetectionthin-filmtransistorradiographicimagereceptorsZnCdS(Ag) 30,48, 16 Output phosphorof imageintensifierCdWO. 48,74,8 7.90 540 40 5 0.1 ComputedtomographicscannersCaWO. 20,74,8 6.12 14-18 0.9-20 RadiographicscreensGd202S(Tb) 64,8,16 7.34 560 Radiographictubesscreens"Relative to Nal(T/J, using a photomultiplier tube to measure light.b<strong>The</strong> light emitted by Csl(TI) does not match the spectral sensitivity of photomultiplier tubes very well; its conversion efficiency ismuch larger, if measured with a photodiode.Source: Data courtesy Sicron, Saint-Gobain/Norton Industrial Ceramics Corporation.many indirect-detection thin-film transistor radiographic image receptors,described in Chapter 11. Cesium iodide activated with sodium is used as the inputphosphor and zinc cadmium sulfide activated with silver is used as the output phosphorof image-intensifier tubes.Scintillators coupled to photodiodes are used as the detectors in most CT scanners.<strong>The</strong> extremely high x-ray flux experienced by the detectors necessitates currentmode operation to avoid dead-time effects. With the rotational speed of CT scannersapproaching half a second, the scintillators used in CT must have very littleafterglow. Cadmium tungstate and gadolinium ceramics are scintiIIators commonlyused in CT. Table 20-1 lists the properties of several inorganic crystalline scintiIlatorsof importance in radiology and nuclear medicine.Conversion of Light into an Electrical SignalPhotomultiplierTubesPMTs per<strong>for</strong>m two functions-conversion of ultraviolet and visible light photonsinto an electrical signal and signal amplification, on the order of millions to billions.As shown in Fig. 20-8, a PMT consists of an evacuated glass tube containing a photocathode,typically 10 to 12 electrodes called dynodes, and an anode. <strong>The</strong> photo-

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