An imaging system is disclosed for use in low-light environments or environments
where low-levels of such radiation is desirable. Examples of such environments
are night photography, laparoscopy, and mammography. In the case of radiation that
is other than visible light, a radiation converter and method for fabricating same
is disclosed. The radiation converter comprises a film of heavy scintillator (e.g.
CdWO4) coated on a fiber optical window to efficiently convert the radiation into
visible light. The visible light is passed into a signal amplifier employing an
electron-bombarded charge-couple device (EBCCD) to amplify the signal. Novel methods
of performing three-dimension imaging using this system as well as removing the
effects of high speed movement are also disclosed.
