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ArticleJournal of medical imaging (Bellingham, Wash.)2018

Photon counting performance of amorphous selenium and its dependence on detector structure.

Jann Stavro, Amir H Goldan, Wei Zhao

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Article in Journal of medical imaging (Bellingham, Wash.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Jann StavroStony Brook University, Department of Radiology, Stony Brook, New York, United States.
Amir H GoldanStony Brook University, Department of Radiology, Stony Brook, New York, United States.
Wei ZhaoStony Brook University, Department of Radiology, Stony Brook, New York, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2224-2487

Funding

Back-irradiated flat panel imager with avalanche gainR01EB026267 · NIBIB · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI ZHAO, WEI · 2018 to 2021
$2.4M
Field Shaping Scintillator-coupled High-gain Avalanche Rushing Photoconductor (SHARP) for Active Matrix Flat Panel Imager (AMFPI): Towards Large-Area, High-Efficiency, and Low-Dose X-ray ImagingR21EB025300 · NIBIB · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI GOLDAN, AMIRHOSSEIN · 2018 to 2020
$630k
Selenium Solid-State Photomultiplier (Se-SSPM): Towards a Low-Cost MR-Compatible Time-Of-Flight PETR21EB024849 · NIBIB · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI GOLDAN, AMIRHOSSEIN · 2017 to 2018
$433k
Field-Shaping Multi-Well Avalanche Detector (SWAD): Towards Photon Counting Using Amorphous SeleniumR21EB019526 · NIBIB · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI ZHAO, WEI · 2015 to 2016
$430k
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB026267NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB019526NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB024849NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB025300
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Photon counting detectors (PCD) have the potential to improve x-ray imaging; however, they are still hindered by high costs and performance limitations. By using amorphous selenium (a-Se), the cost of PCDs can be significantly reduced compared with modern crystalline semiconductors, and enable large-area deposition. We are developing a direct conversion field-shaping multiwell avalanche detector (SWAD) to overcome the limitation of low carrier mobility and low charge conversion gain in a-Se. SWAD's dual-grid design creates separate nonavalanche interaction (bulk) and avalanche sensing (well) regions, achieving depth-independent avalanche gain. Unipolar time differential (UTD) charge sensing, combined with tunable avalanche gain in the well region allows for fast response and high charge gain. We developed a probability-based numerical simulation to investigate the impact of UTD charge sensing and avalanche gain on the photon counting performance of different a-Se detector configurations. Pulse height spectra (PHS) for 59.5 and 30 keV photons were simulated. We observed excellent agreement between our model and previously published PHS measurements for a planar detector. The energy resolution significantly improved from 33 keV for the planar detector to

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avalanche gainfield-shaping multiwell avalanche detectorphoton countingselenium

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PMID30840737
PMCPMC6206442

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