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    February 25, 2022, Categories  Physics, Health/Medical

    Researchers at MIT have shown how one could improve the efficiency of scintillators by at least tenfold by changing the material’s surface. This image shows a TEM grid on scotch tape, with the right side showing the scene after it is corrected.
    Credits:Image: Courtesy of the researchers, edited by MIT New

    Improvements in the material that converts X-rays into light, for medical or industrial images, could allow a tenfold signal enhancement.

    Scintillators are materials that emit light when bombarded with high-energy particles or X-rays. In medical or dental X-ray systems, they convert incoming X-ray radiation into visible light that can then be captured using film or photosensors...

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