Photon counting detectors for X-ray imaging with emphasis on CT

R Ballabriga, J Alozy, FN Bandi… - … on Radiation and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
X-ray imaging is a widely used imaging modality in the medical diagnostic field due to its
availability, low cost, high spatial resolution, and fast image acquisition. X-ray photons in …

[PDF][PDF] Review of hybrid pixel detector readout ASICs for spectroscopic X-ray imaging

R Ballabriga, J Alozy, M Campbell, E Frojdh… - Journal of …, 2016 - core.ac.uk
Today most of the deployed X-ray detection equipment for medical diagnosis and industrial
nondestructive testing are based on energy integrating detector technology. When using …

Photon counting energy dispersive detector arrays for x-ray imaging

JS Iwanczyk, E Nygard, O Meirav… - IEEE transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The development of an innovative detector technology for photon-counting in X-ray imaging
is reported. This new generation of detectors, based on pixellated cadmium telluride (CdTe) …

SFERA: An Integrated Circuit for the Readout of X and -Ray Detectors

F Schembari, R Quaglia, G Bellotti… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work we present SFERA, a low-noise fully-programmable 16 channel readout ASIC
designed for both Xand y-ray spectroscopy and imaging applications. The chip is designed …

Front-end electronics for multichannel semiconductor detector systems

P Grybos - 2010 - cds.cern.ch
Front-end electronics for multichannel semiconductor detektor systems Volume 08, EuCARD
Editorial Series on Accelerator Science and Technology The monograph is devoted to many …

CdZnTe detectors for gamma spectroscopy and x-ray photon counting at 250× 106 photons/(mm2 s)

M Prokesch, SA Soldner, AG Sundaram - Journal of Applied Physics, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Using the traveling heater method, we have developed commercial CdZnTe (CZT) crystal
growth, fabrication, and in-house test technologies for both, photon-starved gamma …

Silicon drift detectors and CUBE preamplifiers for high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy

R Quaglia, L Bombelli, P Busca… - … on Nuclear Science, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work we present the results of the experimental characterization of Silicon Drift
Detectors (SDDs) readout by CUBE preamplifiers for X-ray spectroscopy measurements …

Basis material decomposition method for material discrimination with a new spectrometric X-ray imaging detector

A Brambilla, A Gorecki, A Potop, C Paulus… - Journal of …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Energy sensitive photon counting X-ray detectors provide energy dependent information
which can be exploited for material identification. The attenuation of an X-ray beam as a …

Pole-zero cancellation circuit with pulse pile-up tracking system for low noise charge-sensitive amplifiers

P Grybos, R Szczygiel - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Modern X-ray imaging systems require low noise high-count-rate multichannel front-end
electronics. Such systems widely use charge-sensitive amplifiers (CSA) with pole-zero …

Quantitative material decomposition using spectral computed tomography with an energy-resolved photon-counting detector

S Lee, YN Choi, HJ Kim - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Dual-energy computed tomography (CT) techniques have been used to decompose
materials and characterize tissues according to their physical and chemical compositions …