Modelling the transport of optical photons in scintillation detectors for diagnostic and radiotherapy imaging

E Roncali, MA Mosleh-Shirazi… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Computational modelling of radiation transport can enhance the understanding of the
relative importance of individual processes involved in imaging systems. Modelling is a …

Properties of preprocessed sinogram data in x‐ray computed tomography

BR Whiting, P Massoumzadeh, OA Earl… - Medical …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The accurate determination of x‐ray signal properties is important to several computed
tomography (CT) research and development areas, notably for statistical reconstruction …

Signal statistics in x-ray computed tomography

BR Whiting - Medical Imaging 2002: Physics of Medical …, 2002 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Probability distribution functions (pdfs) of x-ray computed tomography (CT) signals form the
basis for statistical reconstruction algorithms and for noise-simulation experiments. The …

Evaluating x-ray detectors for radiographic applications: A comparison of ZnSCdS: Ag with and screens

I Kandarakis, D Cavouras… - Physics in Medicine …, 1997 - iopscience.iop.org
ZnSCdS: Ag was evaluated as a radiographic image receptor and was compared with and
phosphors often used in radiography. The evaluation of a radiographic receptor was …

Image quality models for 2D and 3D x‐ray imaging systems: a perspective vignette

JH Siewerdsen - Medical physics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Image quality models based on cascaded systems analysis and task‐based imaging
performance were an important aspect of the emergence of 2D and 3D digital x‐ray systems …

Detective quantum efficiency of photon‐counting x‐ray detectors

J Tanguay, S Yun, HK Kim, IA Cunningham - Medical physics, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Single‐photon‐counting (SPC) x‐ray imaging has the potential to improve image
quality and enable novel energy‐dependent imaging methods. Similar to conventional …

A comparison of the imaging properties of CCD-based devices used for small field digital mammography

DS Evans, A Workman, M Payne - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2001 - iopscience.iop.org
The objective imaging characteristics of three systems that use charge coupled devices
(CCD) for small-field digital mammography (SFDM) have been compared in terms of spatial …

A detective quantum efficiency for spectroscopic X‐ray imaging detectors

J Tanguay, D Richtsmeier, C Dydula, JA Day… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Spectroscopic X‐ray detectors (SXDs) are under development for X‐ray imaging
applications. Recent efforts to extend the detective quantum efficiency (DQE) to SXDs …

Lubberts effect in columnar phosphors: Lubberts effect in columnar phosphors

A Badano, RM Gagne, BD Gallas, RJ Jennings… - Medical …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Noise transfer in granular x‐ray imaging phosphor screens is not proportional to the square
of the magnitude of the signal transfer when the transfer properties are considered for the …

Cascaded systems analysis of charge sharing in cadmium telluride photon‐counting x‐ray detectors

J Tanguay, IA Cunningham - Medical Physics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Single‐photon‐counting (SPC) and spectroscopic x‐ray detectors are under
development in academic and industry laboratories for medical imaging applications. The …