2010-07-23

Important Solid State Detector Accessories by RTI Electronics

If you own an RTI Piranha or Barracuda multi-meter, you may want to consider adding two special solid state detectors specially developed by RTI Electronics.

The most recent is the T20 (Translucent Detector), ideal for measurements on Rad/Fluoro systems when the detector does not affect the system output or disturb the AEC system. Typically, measurements of this kind had to be performed with an ion chamber. The adverse effects caused by the density of the size, density and design of the solid state detectors made it impossible to get good results when placed in the center of the beam.

However, the unique design of the T20 with a detector area of 20mm2 , this makes it small enough to not adversely affect the X-ray system or AEC. Primary applications for the T20 include patient entrance dose and maximum dose rate.

The second solid-state detector for your consider-ation is the RTI CT Dose Profiler. Designed for CT Quality Assurance, the second generation CT Dose Profiler can measure or evaluate several important parameters such as CT Dose Profile, CTDI100, CTDIw, CDTIvol, DLP, FWHM, Scatter Index and Geometric Efficiency.

The CT Dose Profiler comes with CT Dose Profile Analyzer PC software. Only one exposure is needed to measure and calculate CTDI100, CTDIw, CTDIvol, DLP, FWHM and Scatter index. The software permits measured data to be saved and re-opened for later reviewing. Data can also be printed or exported to Microsoft Excel for further analysis.

Both the RTI T20 and CT Dose Profiler can be used with the Piranha or Barracuda. Ask your sales representative for assistance in ordering an accessory or go to www.rti.se/products for further information.