Abstract

CsBr phosphor ceramics doped with different luminescence centres such as In2O3, Eu2O3, EuCl3, SmCl3, TbCl3, GdCl3 or NdCl3 as the candidate for a new optically-stimulable phosphor for medical X-ray imaging sensor were prepared using a conventional ceramic fabrication process. It was found that X-ray-irradiated Eu-doped CsBr (CsBr:Eu) exhibited intense optically stimulated luminescence (OSL). The peak wavelength of the OSL emission and stimulation spectra of CsBr:Eu phosphor ceramic sample were 450 and 690 nm, respectively. The dependence of OSL properties on the conditions of preparation of phosphor ceramic samples, such as Eu concentration, sintering temperature and sintering time, were studied. The optimum preparation conditions were also studied. It was found that the OSL intensity of CsBr:Eu phosphor ceramics fabricated under optimum preparation conditions is higher than that of commercially available imaging plates using BaFBr:Eu.

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