Tb^(3+)-doped borosilicate glass scintillators for highresolution X-ray imaging

Scintillators are the vital component in X-ray perspective image technology that is applied in medical imaging,industrial nondestructive testing,and safety testing.But the high cost and small size of single-crystal commercialized scintillators limit their practical application.Here,a series of Tb^(3+)-doped borosilicate glass(BSG)scintillators with big production size,low cost,and high spatial resolution are designed and fabricated.The structural,photoluminescent,and scintillant properties are systematically investigated.Benefiting from excellent transmittance(87%at 600 nm),high interquantum efficiency(60.7%),and high X-ray excited luminescence(217%of Bi4Ge3O12),the optimal sample shows superhigh spatial resolution(exceeding 20 lp/mm).This research suggests that Tb^(3+)-doped BSG scintillators have potential applications in the static X-ray imaging field.