High-resolution (20 cycles/mm) digital x-ray mammography using amorphous selenium directly coupled to CCD readout devices

David M. Hunter; Gueorgui Belev; Giovanni DeCresenzo; Safa O. Kasap; James G. Mainprize; Gordon Mawdsley; John A. Rowlands; Charles Smith; Tumay O. Tumer; Vladimir Verpakhovski; Shi Yin; Martin J. Yaffe

doi:10.1117/12.536001

6 May 2004 High-resolution (20 cycles/mm) digital x-ray mammography using amorphous selenium directly coupled to CCD readout devices

David M. Hunter, Gueorgui Belev, Giovanni DeCresenzo, Safa O. Kasap, James G. Mainprize, Gordon Mawdsley, John A. Rowlands, Charles Smith, Tumay O. Tumer, Vladimir Verpakhovski, Shi Yin, Martin J. Yaffe

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Proceedings Volume 5368, Medical Imaging 2004: Physics of Medical Imaging; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.536001
Event: Medical Imaging 2004, 2004, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

A simple x-ray detector that utilizes amorphous selenium (a-Se) directly deposited on a specially-designed CCD (charge coupled device) with a 25 micrometer del (detector element) pitch is described. This simple detector has been used to test the feasibility of creating digital mammography detectors. To enable the use of electron transport CCDs with a-Se, we have developed a-Se hole blocking layers to permit the transfer of electrons to the CCD while suppressing hole leakage current in the presence of the high negative bias (~1000 V) required to make the a-Se x-ray sensitive. We report measurements of the charge transfer efficiency (CTE), dark signal, x-ray sensitivity, x-ray signal linearity, and x-ray MTF (modulation transfer function) of the simple detector. As the thickness of the a-Se hole blocking layer was increased, the MTF decreased. For a thin (1 micrometer) blocking layer the MTF at a spatial frequency of 20 cycles/mm was 0.4.

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David M. Hunter, Gueorgui Belev, Giovanni DeCresenzo, Safa O. Kasap, James G. Mainprize, Gordon Mawdsley, John A. Rowlands, Charles Smith, Tumay O. Tumer, Vladimir Verpakhovski, Shi Yin, and Martin J. Yaffe "High-resolution (20 cycles/mm) digital x-ray mammography using amorphous selenium directly coupled to CCD readout devices", Proc. SPIE 5368, Medical Imaging 2004: Physics of Medical Imaging, (6 May 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.536001

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