Needs, trends, and advances in scintillators for radiographic imaging and tomography

• Published in: IEEE transactions on nuclear science Vol. 70; no. 7; p. 1
• Main Authors: Wang, Zhehui, Dujardin, Christophe, Freeman, Matthew S., Gehring, Amanda E., Hunter, James F., Lecoq, Paul, Liu, Wei, Melcher, Charles L., Morris, C. L., Nikl, Martin, Pilania, Ghanshyam, Pokharel, Reeju, Robertson, Daniel G., Rutstrom, Daniel J., Sjue, Sky K., Tremsin, Anton S., Watson, S. A., Wiggins, Brenden W., Winch, Nicola M., Zhuravleva, Mariya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.07.2023; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE); Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Subjects: Attenuation; Computed tomography; Cosmic rays; Crystals; Data science; Data-driven discovery; Detectors; dose; fast timing; Fibers; Heterostructures; High energy electrons; high energy physics (HEP); Imaging; inorganic scintillator; INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; Ionizing radiation; Liquid phases; Medical imaging; Multilayers; multimodal imaging; nanomaterial; Optimization; Perovskites; Phase contrast; photodetectors; photonic crystal; Photonic crystals; Physics; Positron emission; Positron emission tomography; Purcell effect; radiographic imaging; radiographic tomography; Radiography; Scintillating fibers; scintillation; Scintillation counters; Scintillators; Single crystals; structured scintillators; Thick films; Tomography; Trends; X ray imagery; X-ray imaging; X-ray radiography

Radiographic imaging and tomography (RadIT), which started with Röntgen's seminal X-ray work in 1895, now include an increasing number of imaging and tomography (IT) modalities. In addition to the original absorption-based X-ray radiography, others include phase contrast X-ray imaging, coherent...