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Kinestatic charge detection
Author(s) -
DiBianca Frank A.,
Barker Marion D.
Publication year - 1985
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 - 10.1118/1.595693
Subject(s) - detector , particle detector , ionizing radiation , radiation , physics , photon , digital radiography , charge (physics) , medical imaging , optics , nuclear medicine imaging , medical physics , radiography , computer science , nuclear medicine , nuclear physics , artificial intelligence , irradiation , medicine , quantum mechanics
A new technique for detecting ionizing radiation in two dimensions, called “kinestatic charge detection,” is proposed and analyzed. This technique is useful when the signal photons must be integrated, as in computed tomography and digital radiography, rather than counted, as in nuclear medicine imaging. A generic treatment of the technique with gas‐, liquid‐, or solid‐state radiation detectors is presented. A theoretical analysis is given of the fundamental physical parameters required for kinestatic charge detection to be successful.