Maybe because a CCD detector still requires a phosphor layer to detect X-rays?
Tim

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 12:59:14PM +0000, REX PALMER wrote:
> MAR describe their latest Image Plate as a CCD. Their early Image Plate 
> designs were described as barium halide phosphor doped with Eu2+. Does anyone 
> know why they have kept the name Image Plate when everyone else calls it a 
> CCD?
>  
> Rex Palmer
> Birkbeck College

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