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Diagnostic imaging

Thin-film perovskite detectors could enable extremely low-dose medical imaging

16 Apr 2020 Tami Freeman
Perovskite thin-film X-ray detector
The perovskite thin-film X-ray detector is 100 times more sensitive than conventional detectors and requires no outside power source. (Courtesy: Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Solid-state radiation detectors use crystalline semiconductors, such as silicon or germanium, to dir

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