Significant advancement in thin-film cadmium telluride (CdTe) deposition techniques in recent years has made this material attractive for the development of low-cost large area detector. Here we evaluate the intrinsic...Significant advancement in thin-film cadmium telluride (CdTe) deposition techniques in recent years has made this material attractive for the development of low-cost large area detector. Here we evaluate the intrinsic performance of the detector for a range of energies relevant to diagnostic imaging applications, such as fluoroscopy. The input x-ray spectra for a set of tube potentials ranging from 70 to 140 kVp were computed with the tungsten anode spectral model using interpolating polynomials (TASMIP) based on the measured output of our diagnostic x-ray simulator. Frequency-dependent detector performance analysis was conducted through Monte Carlo simulations of energy deposition within the detector. Intrinsic modulation transfer functions (MTF), noise power spectra (NPS), and detective quantum efficiencies (DQE) were computed for a set of CdTe detectors of varying thickness, from 100 to 1000 μm. MTF behavior at higher frequencies was affected by thickness and input energy, NPS increased with film thickness and energy, and the resultant DQE(f) decreased with increasing the input energy, but increased with the thickness of the detector. We found that the optimal thickness of CdTe under diagnostic x-ray beam is in the range of 300 to 600 μm. Physical properties of CdTe, such as the high atomic number and density, used in direct detection configuration, together with the recently established thin-film manufacturing techniques makes this technology a promising photoconductor for large area diagnostic flat panel imaging.展开更多
To confirm the imaging effect of a dual-energy (DE) cadmium telluride (CdTe) array detector (XCounter, Actaeon) and to perform fundamental studies on DE computed tomography, we performed enhanced K-edge radiography us...To confirm the imaging effect of a dual-energy (DE) cadmium telluride (CdTe) array detector (XCounter, Actaeon) and to perform fundamental studies on DE computed tomography, we performed enhanced K-edge radiography using iodine (I) and gadolinium (Gd) media. DE radiography was performed using an X-ray generator with a 0.1-mm-diam-focus tube and a 0.5-mm-thick beryllium window, a 1.0-mm-thick aluminum filter for absorbing extremely low-energy photons, and the CdTe array detector with pixel dimensions of 0.1 × 0.1 mm2. Each pixel has a charge-sensitive amplifier and a dual-energy counter, and the event pulses from the amplifier are sent to the counter to determine two threshold energies. The tube current was a maximum value of 0.50 mA, and the tube voltages for I- and Gd-K-edge radiograms were 60 and 80 kV, respectively. In the I-K-edge radiography of a dog-heart phantom at an energy range of 33 - 60 keV, the muscle density increased, and fine coronary arteries were visible. Utilizing Gd-K-edge radiography of a rabbit head phantom at an energy range of 50 - 80 keV, the muscle density increased, and fine blood vessels in the nose were observed at high contrasts. Using the DE array detector, we confirmed the image-contrast variations with changes in the threshold energy.展开更多
采用Monte Carlo方法模拟了HgI_2、非晶Se和CdTe几种直接X射线转换探测器在医用X射线范围(10—100keV)的透过谱、背向散射谱、吸收效率和光电灵敏度.对X射线和HgI_2的作用过程模拟采用了EGSmc Monte Carlo代码系统,对信号电荷的产生考...采用Monte Carlo方法模拟了HgI_2、非晶Se和CdTe几种直接X射线转换探测器在医用X射线范围(10—100keV)的透过谱、背向散射谱、吸收效率和光电灵敏度.对X射线和HgI_2的作用过程模拟采用了EGSmc Monte Carlo代码系统,对信号电荷的产生考虑了电荷产生的高斯噪声和材料深陷阱作用造成的部分电荷收集影响.结果表明,载流子平均自由程(Schubweg)在相对于探测材料厚度较小时,陷阱作用能很大地影响探测灵敏度.HgI_2的灵敏度是非晶Se的5倍以上,CdTe的灵敏度是非晶Se的10倍以上,采用高Z序数材料可以大大提高探测灵敏度.展开更多
文摘Significant advancement in thin-film cadmium telluride (CdTe) deposition techniques in recent years has made this material attractive for the development of low-cost large area detector. Here we evaluate the intrinsic performance of the detector for a range of energies relevant to diagnostic imaging applications, such as fluoroscopy. The input x-ray spectra for a set of tube potentials ranging from 70 to 140 kVp were computed with the tungsten anode spectral model using interpolating polynomials (TASMIP) based on the measured output of our diagnostic x-ray simulator. Frequency-dependent detector performance analysis was conducted through Monte Carlo simulations of energy deposition within the detector. Intrinsic modulation transfer functions (MTF), noise power spectra (NPS), and detective quantum efficiencies (DQE) were computed for a set of CdTe detectors of varying thickness, from 100 to 1000 μm. MTF behavior at higher frequencies was affected by thickness and input energy, NPS increased with film thickness and energy, and the resultant DQE(f) decreased with increasing the input energy, but increased with the thickness of the detector. We found that the optimal thickness of CdTe under diagnostic x-ray beam is in the range of 300 to 600 μm. Physical properties of CdTe, such as the high atomic number and density, used in direct detection configuration, together with the recently established thin-film manufacturing techniques makes this technology a promising photoconductor for large area diagnostic flat panel imaging.
文摘To confirm the imaging effect of a dual-energy (DE) cadmium telluride (CdTe) array detector (XCounter, Actaeon) and to perform fundamental studies on DE computed tomography, we performed enhanced K-edge radiography using iodine (I) and gadolinium (Gd) media. DE radiography was performed using an X-ray generator with a 0.1-mm-diam-focus tube and a 0.5-mm-thick beryllium window, a 1.0-mm-thick aluminum filter for absorbing extremely low-energy photons, and the CdTe array detector with pixel dimensions of 0.1 × 0.1 mm2. Each pixel has a charge-sensitive amplifier and a dual-energy counter, and the event pulses from the amplifier are sent to the counter to determine two threshold energies. The tube current was a maximum value of 0.50 mA, and the tube voltages for I- and Gd-K-edge radiograms were 60 and 80 kV, respectively. In the I-K-edge radiography of a dog-heart phantom at an energy range of 33 - 60 keV, the muscle density increased, and fine coronary arteries were visible. Utilizing Gd-K-edge radiography of a rabbit head phantom at an energy range of 50 - 80 keV, the muscle density increased, and fine blood vessels in the nose were observed at high contrasts. Using the DE array detector, we confirmed the image-contrast variations with changes in the threshold energy.
文摘采用Monte Carlo方法模拟了HgI_2、非晶Se和CdTe几种直接X射线转换探测器在医用X射线范围(10—100keV)的透过谱、背向散射谱、吸收效率和光电灵敏度.对X射线和HgI_2的作用过程模拟采用了EGSmc Monte Carlo代码系统,对信号电荷的产生考虑了电荷产生的高斯噪声和材料深陷阱作用造成的部分电荷收集影响.结果表明,载流子平均自由程(Schubweg)在相对于探测材料厚度较小时,陷阱作用能很大地影响探测灵敏度.HgI_2的灵敏度是非晶Se的5倍以上,CdTe的灵敏度是非晶Se的10倍以上,采用高Z序数材料可以大大提高探测灵敏度.
