Photon Counting Detectors for X-Ray Imaging With Emphasis on CT

• Published in: IEEE transactions on radiation and plasma medical sciences Vol. 5; no. 4; pp. 422 - 440
• Main Authors: Ballabriga, R., Alozy, J., Bandi, F. N., Campbell, M., Egidos, N., Fernandez-Tenllado, J. M., Heijne, E. H. M., Kremastiotis, I., Llopart, X., Madsen, B. J., Pennicard, D., Sriskaran, V., Tlustos, L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway IEEE 01.07.2021; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Application specific integrated circuits; Application specific integrated circuits (ASICs); Biomedical imaging; Computed tomography; Detectors; hybrid pixel detector; Image acquisition; Information processing; Integrated circuits; Medical imaging; Photonics; Photons; Prototypes; Sensors; Signal processing; Spatial discrimination; Spatial resolution; X ray imagery; X ray sources; X-ray imaging; X-rays

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 standard X-ray sources are polychromatic. Detectors that allow to extract the "color" information of the...