Editing X-ray (section)

==Detectors==
{{Main|X-ray detector}}
X-ray detectors vary in shape and function depending on their purpose. Imaging detectors such as those used for [[radiography]] were originally based on [[photographic plate]]s and later [[photographic film]], but are now mostly replaced by various [[digital data|digital]] detector types such as [[image plate]]s and [[flat panel detectors]]. For [[radiation protection]] direct exposure hazard is often evaluated using [[ionization chamber]]s, while [[dosimeters]] are used to measure the [[radiation dose]] the person has been exposed to. X-ray [[energy spectrum|spectra]] can be measured either by energy dispersive or wavelength dispersive [[spectrometer]]s. For [[X-ray diffraction]] applications, such as [[X-ray crystallography]], [[hybrid pixel detector|hybrid photon counting detectors]] are widely used.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Förster A, Brandstetter S, Schulze-Briese C | title = Transforming X-ray detection with hybrid photon counting detectors | journal = Philosophical Transactions. Series A, Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences | volume = 377 | issue = 2147 | pages = 20180241 | date = June 2019 | pmid = 31030653 | pmc = 6501887 | doi = 10.1098/rsta.2018.0241 | bibcode = 2019RSPTA.37780241F }}</ref>