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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Ren, Liqiang | Zheng, Bin | Liu, Hong; *
Affiliations: Center for Biomedical Engineering and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Hong Liu, Center for Biomedical Engineering and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 101 David L Boren Blvd, Norman, OK 73019, USA. Tel.: +1 405 325 4286; Fax: +1 405 325 7066; E-mail: [email protected].
Abstract: BACKGROUND:Recent advances in photon counting detection technology have led to significant research interest in X-ray imaging. OBJECTIVE:As a tutorial level review, this paper covers a wide range of aspects related to X-ray photon counting detector characterization. METHODS:The 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. RESULTS:A cadmium telluride (CdTe) pixelated photon counting detector is employed for part of the characterization demonstration and the results are presented. CONCLUSIONS:This 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.
Keywords: Photon counting detector, detector characterization, energy response calibration, noise floor, energy resolution, count rate performance, charge sharing effect
DOI: 10.3233/XST-16210
Journal: Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 1-28, 2018
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