PERFORMANCE OF IMAGING PLATES FOR ELECTRON RECORDING

The characteristics of newly developed 25 mu m pixel size imaging plat es with a detection area of 3000 x 3760 pixels are measured using the same methods applied for the slow-scan CCD (SSC) camera at various ele ctron accelerating voltages. These are compared directly with the SSC camera. Examples of electron images recorded with the imaging plate an d the SSC camera are given and analysed based on the measured camera c haracteristics. Advantages of each system are illustrated.