ReviewJournal of X-ray science and technology2018
Tutorial on X-ray photon counting detector characterization.
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- A dual-layer direct/indirect flat panel detector for improved material decomposition: first studies of the indirect layer.Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering · 2023Article
- Inclusion of a GaAs detector model in the Photon Counting Toolkit software for the study of breast imaging systems.PloS one · 2023Article
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- Characterization of a GaAs photon-counting detector for mammography.Journal of medical imaging (Bellingham, Wash.) · 2021Article
- Simultaneous Dual-Contrast Imaging of Small Bowel With Iodine and Bismuth Using Photon-Counting-Detector Computed Tomography: A Feasibility Animal Study.Investigative radiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundRecent advances in photon counting detection technology have led to significant research interest in X-ray imaging.
objectiveAs a tutorial level review, this paper covers a wide range of aspects related to X-ray photon counting detector characterization.
methodsThe tutorial begins with a detailed description of the working principle and operating modes of a pixelated X-ray photon counting detector with basic architecture and detection mechanism. Currently available methods and techniques for charactering major aspects including energy response, noise floor, energy resolution, count rate performance (detector efficiency), and charge sharing effect of photon counting detectors are comprehensively reviewed. Other characterization aspects such as point spread function (PSF), line spread function (LSF), contrast transfer function (CTF), modulation transfer function (MTF), noise power spectrum (NPS), detective quantum efficiency (DQE), bias voltage, radiation damage, and polarization effect are also remarked.
resultsA cadmium telluride (CdTe) pixelated photon counting detector is employed for part of the characterization demonstration and the results are presented.
conclusionsThis review can serve as a tutorial for X-ray imaging researchers and investigators to understand, operate, characterize, and optimize photon counting detectors for a variety of applications.
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