Radiation Physics, Materials Technology and Biomedical Imaging

The laboratory of Radiation Physics, Materials Technology and Biomedical Imaging is active on the folowing topics: 1. Radiation Physics (Ionizing and non-ionizing radiations, Radiation Detectors, Quantitative determination of biological parameters, tissue characterization, Monte Carlo simulations on radiations and light propagation through scattering media, luminescent materials etc), 2. Biomedical Instrumantation (design, simulations, devepment, quality assurance of diagnostic and therapeutic instrumentation, 3. Image Science (theoretical and experimantal analysis of image parameters), 4. Luminescent materials and materials of radiological interest, 5. Electronics and mechanical constructions, 6. Quality control and quality assurance of biomedical equipment, 8. Clinical Imaging

• Seferis, J. Zeler, C. Michail, I. Valais, G. Fountos, N. Kalyvas, A. Bakas, I. Kandarakis, E. Zych: On the response of semitransparent nanoparticulated films of LuPO4:Eu in poly-energetic X-ray imaging applications. Applied Physics A 05/2016; 122(5). DOI:10.1007/s00339-016-0081-0
• Michail, S. David, A. Bakas, N. Kalyvas, G. Fountos, I. Kandarakis, I. Valais: Luminescence efficiency of (Lu,Gd)2SiO5:Ce (LGSO:Ce) crystals under X-ray radiation. Radiation Measurements 09/2015; 80. DOI:10.1016/j.radmeas.2015.06.008
• V Koukou, N Martini, C Michail, P Sotiropoulou, C Fountzoula, N Kalyvas, I Kandarakis, G Nikiforidis, G Fountos: Dual Energy Method for Breast Imaging: A Simulation Study. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine 08/2015; 2015:574238. DOI:10.1155/2015/574238
• Kalyvas, I. Valais, C. Michail, G. Fountos, I. Kandarakis, D. Cavouras: A theoretical study of CsI:Tl columnar scintillator image quality parameters by analytical modeling. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment 04/2015; 779. DOI:10.1016/j.nima.2015.01.027
• Sotiropoulou, G. Fountos, N. Martini, V. Koukou, C. Michail, I. Kandarakis, G. Nikiforidis: Bone calcium/phosphorus ratio determination using dual energy X-ray method. Physica Medica 02/2015; 31(3). DOI:10.1016/j.ejmp.2015.01.019
• David, C. Michail, I. Seferis, I. Valais, G. Fountos, P. Liaparinos, I. Kandarakis, N. Kalyvas: Evaluation of Gd2O2S:Pr granular phosphor properties for X-ray mammography imaging. Journal of Luminescence 01/2015; 169. DOI:10.1016/j.jlumin.2015.01.044
• Michail, I. Valais, I. Seferis, N. Kalyvas, G. Fountos, I. Kandarakis: Experimental Measurement of a High Resolution CMOS Detector Coupled to CsI Scintillators under X-ray Radiation. Radiation Measurements 02/2015; 74. DOI:10.1016/j.radmeas.2015.02.007
• S. Kandarakis: Luminescence in medical image science. Journal of Luminescence 11/2014; 169. DOI:10.1016/j.jlumin.2014.11.009
• Seferis, C. Michail, I. Valais, J. Zeler, P. Liaparinos, G. Fountos, N. Kalyvas, S. David, F. Stromatia, E. Zych, I. Kandarakis, G. Panayiotakis: Light emission efficiency and imaging performance of Lu2O3:Eu nanophosphor under X-ray radiography conditions: Comparison with Gd2O2S:Eu. Journal of Luminescence 07/2014; 151:229–234. DOI:10.1016/j.jlumin.2014.02.017
• Optical absorption characteristics in the assessment of powder phosphor-based x-ray detectors: from nano- to micro-scale, P F Liaparinos ,Published 4 November 2015, Physics in Medicine and Biology, Volume 60,  Number 22

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