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Published in final edited form as: IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 2010 Mar;29(3):790–806. doi: 10.1109/TMI.2009.2036995

TABLE I.

Storage phosphor and reader Properties

Parameter	Mammography	Radiography
Phosphor Thickness, t	140 μm	200 μm
Phosphor size	24 cm × 30 cm	35.4 cm × 43 cm
Phosphor Material	BaFBr_0.85I_0.15:Eu²⁺	BaFBr:Eu²⁺
Phosphor Density, ρ	5.1 g/cm³	4.96 g/cm³
Packing Fraction, p_f	0.56	0.61
K-edge element considered	Br	Ba
K-absorption energy, E_K	13.5 keV	37.5 keV
Relative intensity (Energy) of Kα1, I_Kα₁ (E_Kα₁)	0.60 (11.92 keV)	0.58 (32.2 keV)
Relative intensity (Energy) of Kα2, I_Kα₂ (E_Kα₂)	0.31 (11.88 keV)	0.31 (31.8 keV)
Relative intensity (Energy) of Kβ1, I_Kβ₁ (E_Kβ₁)	0.08 (13.29 keV)	0.11 (36.4 keV)
Fading loss, $(1 - \bar{g_{3}})$	0.24
Mean Grain Diameter, $\bar{d_{g r}}$	4.0 μm	5.5 μm
Stimulation wavelength	680 nm	633 nm
Laser Power, I	10 mW	30 mW
Readout sampling, P_SS	100 μm	200 μm
Laser Gaussian width (at 1/e²)	100 μm
Laser dwell time, τ_D	5 μs
Relative fraction of g₅(z) components	A₁ = 0.4762 A₂ = 0.3993 A₃ = 0.1245
Optical cross section of g₅(z) components [cm²]	σ₁ = 8.85×10⁻¹⁶ σ₂ = 1.64×10⁻¹⁶ σ₃ = 2.77×10⁻¹⁷

Data compiled from multiple sources. Please see text for details