A novel x-ray detector design with higher DQE and reduced aliasing: Theoretical analysis of x-ray reabsoprtion in detector converter material

Tomi Nano; Terenz Escartin; Karim S. Karim; Ian A. Cunningham

doi:10.1117/12.2217287

22 March 2016 A novel x-ray detector design with higher DQE and reduced aliasing: Theoretical analysis of x-ray reabsoprtion in detector converter material

Tomi Nano, Terenz Escartin, Karim S. Karim, Ian A. Cunningham

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Proceedings Volume 9783, Medical Imaging 2016: Physics of Medical Imaging; 978318 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2217287
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2016, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The ability to improve visualization of structural information in digital radiography without increasing radiation exposures requires improved image quality across all spatial frequencies, especially at high frequencies. The detective quantum efficiency (DQE) as a function of spatial frequency quantifies image quality given by an x-ray detector. We present a method of increasing DQE at high spatial frequencies by improving the modulation transfer function (MTF) and reducing noise aliasing. The Apodized Aperature Pixel (AAP) design uses a detector with micro-elements to synthesize desired pixels and provide higher DQE than conventional detector designs. A cascaded system analysis (CSA) that incorporates x-ray interactions is used for comparison of the theoretical MTF, noise power spectrum (NPS), and DQE. Signal and noise transfer through the converter material is shown to consist of correlated an uncorrelated terms. The AAP design was shown to improve the DQE of both material types that have predominantly correlated transfer (such as CsI) and predominantly uncorrelated transfer (such as Se). Improvement in the MTF by 50% and the DQE by 100% at the sampling cut-off frequency is obtained when uncorrelated transfer is prevalent through the converter material. Optimizing high-frequency DQE results in improved image contrast and visualization of small structures and fine-detail.

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Tomi Nano, Terenz Escartin, Karim S. Karim, and Ian A. Cunningham "A novel x-ray detector design with higher DQE and reduced aliasing: Theoretical analysis of x-ray reabsoprtion in detector converter material", Proc. SPIE 9783, Medical Imaging 2016: Physics of Medical Imaging, 978318 (22 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2217287

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