Investigation of the effect of metallic screens on image quality in gamma computed radiography
Nick D‘Ademo, DÜRR NDT
The role of metallic screens in computed radiography for controlling scattered radiation is very well-known. Likewise, the intensification effects of certain lead screen thicknesses with higher X-ray energies, such as those produced by gamma isotopes is also a topic that has been recently investigated in literature.
This paper extends this topic further and quantitatively investigates how image quality in terms of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and basic spatial resolution (SRb) is influenced by metallic screens when Iridium-192 is used as the radiation source. The result data is then used to make recommendations to achieve optimum image quality when using Iridium-192.
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