Design of nonaxisymmetrical image intensifiers

Author

Adamiak, K. ; Dabrowski, W.J. ; Fenster, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada

fYear

1994

fDate

2-6 Oct 1994

Firstpage

1613

Abstract

The concept of a nonaxisymmetrical X-ray image intensifier is presented in this paper. Instead of cylindrical electrodes, as in the conventional device, this intensifier is equipped with planar electrodes. Each one consists of some number of elementary quadrilateral patches, which are mutually insulated from each other and supplied with the proper voltages. The algorithm for determining potentials which must be supplied to the elementary electrodes is described in the paper. The algorithm has been validated by comparing the electric field distributions in both configurations. Details of the electric field distribution will also be helpful in evaluating the optical characteristics of the intensifier

Keywords

X-ray imaging; electric fields; electrodes; image intensifiers; X-ray image intensifier; electric field distributions; elementary quadrilateral patches; nonaxisymmetrical image intensifiers; optical characteristics; planar electrodes; radiological imaging; Biological materials; Electrodes; Electron beams; Electron emission; Image converters; Image intensifiers; Optical imaging; Phosphors; Voltage; X-ray imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 1994., Conference Record of the 1994 IEEE

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1993-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.1994.377643

Filename

377643