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TH‐C‐301‐02: Advanced Portable Radiation Instruments of Diagnostic Imaging QC
Author(s) -
Jordan D
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.3613540
Subject(s) - detector , calibration , medical physics , session (web analytics) , computer science , focus (optics) , particle detector , medical imaging , solid state , optics , physics , artificial intelligence , telecommunications , world wide web , engineering physics , quantum mechanics
This presentation will highlight the features, benefits, and limitations of solid‐state radiation detectors for diagnostic radiology QC applications. The focus will be on types of solid‐state detectors typically used in commercial portable survey instruments. Practical aspects will include calibration procedures and intervals, directional and energy dependence of detector response, and user options such as configurations, settings, and triggering. The objectives of this session are twofold. First, the user of such instruments should be able to determine which applications are appropriate and inappropriate for a given detector. Second, the user should be able to choose the best detector for a given application.