Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0770415

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0770415

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Highly efficient X-ray storage phosphor for medical and scientific imaging. X-rays are invaluable in medical diagnostics. For example, they are widely used in breast screening programs. However,they can cause cancer even at low doses. Consequently there is a global effort to reduce the X-ray dose by exploring more efficient imaging technologies. The present proposal seeks to exploit our recent discovery of a highly efficient storage phosphor that has the potential to facilitate substantial X-ray dose reduction; this is of greatest significance to the general population. Also, the phosphor facilitates higher resolution images, a feature that is highly important in scientific imaging. This project may lead to substantial revenue streams for the nation because it taps into a global multibillion dollar industry.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 25-04-2007

End Date: 31-12-2010

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $270,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Materials Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Physical Chemistry Not Elsewhere Classified | Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural) | Radiology And Imaging

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Diagnostic methods | Chemical sciences | Physical sciences |

Other Keywords

Chemical sciences | Diagnostic methods | Materials Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural) | Physical Chemistry Not Elsewhere Classified | Physical sciences | Radiology And Imaging

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