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High-resolution X-ray luminescence extension imaging

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  • Xiangyu Ou

    (Fuzhou University)

  • Xian Qin

    (National University of Singapore)

  • Bolong Huang

    (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

  • Jie Zan

    (Fuzhou University)

  • Qinxia Wu

    (Fuzhou University)

  • Zhongzhu Hong

    (Fuzhou University)

  • Lili Xie

    (Fuzhou University)

  • Hongyu Bian

    (National University of Singapore)

  • Zhigao Yi

    (National University of Singapore)

  • Xiaofeng Chen

    (Fuzhou University)

  • Yiming Wu

    (National University of Singapore)

  • Xiaorong Song

    (Fuzhou University)

  • Juan Li

    (Fuzhou University)

  • Qiushui Chen

    (Fuzhou University
    Fujian Science and Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China)

  • Huanghao Yang

    (Fuzhou University
    Fujian Science and Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China)

  • Xiaogang Liu

    (National University of Singapore
    Tianjin University
    National University of Singapore Suzhou Research Institute
    National University of Singapore)

Abstract

Current X-ray imaging technologies involving flat-panel detectors have difficulty in imaging three-dimensional objects because fabrication of large-area, flexible, silicon-based photodetectors on highly curved surfaces remains a challenge1–3. Here we demonstrate ultralong-lived X-ray trapping for flat-panel-free, high-resolution, three-dimensional imaging using a series of solution-processable, lanthanide-doped nanoscintillators. Corroborated by quantum mechanical simulations of defect formation and electronic structures, our experimental characterizations reveal that slow hopping of trapped electrons due to radiation-triggered anionic migration in host lattices can induce more than 30 days of persistent radioluminescence. We further demonstrate X-ray luminescence extension imaging with resolution greater than 20 line pairs per millimetre and optical memory longer than 15 days. These findings provide insight into mechanisms underlying X-ray energy conversion through enduring electron trapping and offer a paradigm to motivate future research in wearable X-ray detectors for patient-centred radiography and mammography, imaging-guided therapeutics, high-energy physics and deep learning in radiology.

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  • Xiangyu Ou & Xian Qin & Bolong Huang & Jie Zan & Qinxia Wu & Zhongzhu Hong & Lili Xie & Hongyu Bian & Zhigao Yi & Xiaofeng Chen & Yiming Wu & Xiaorong Song & Juan Li & Qiushui Chen & Huanghao Yang & X, 2021. "High-resolution X-ray luminescence extension imaging," Nature, Nature, vol. 590(7846), pages 410-415, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:590:y:2021:i:7846:d:10.1038_s41586-021-03251-6
    DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03251-6
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