A thin epitaxial single crystal CVD (Chemical Vapour Deposited) diamond detector has been used in order to monitor the X-ray pulses coming out from a standard, portable, medical X-ray apparatus. The current pulses have been acquired and digitized in order to obtain the pulse shape, timing and dose. The obtained data were successfully compared with standard X-ray monitors like air ionization chambers and silicon detector arrays. The results strongly suggest a possible use of CVD epitaxial diamond in the field of X-ray diagnostics for energies up to 120 keV and doses up to 125 mGy and for X-ray pulse timing from 0.1 s or below and 2 s or more.
Performances of Epitaxial Diamond in the Field of X-ray Diagnostic
MANFREDOTTI, Claudio;LO GIUDICE, Alessandro;
2007-01-01
Abstract
A thin epitaxial single crystal CVD (Chemical Vapour Deposited) diamond detector has been used in order to monitor the X-ray pulses coming out from a standard, portable, medical X-ray apparatus. The current pulses have been acquired and digitized in order to obtain the pulse shape, timing and dose. The obtained data were successfully compared with standard X-ray monitors like air ionization chambers and silicon detector arrays. The results strongly suggest a possible use of CVD epitaxial diamond in the field of X-ray diagnostics for energies up to 120 keV and doses up to 125 mGy and for X-ray pulse timing from 0.1 s or below and 2 s or more.
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