X-ray imaging with semiconductor films

Kanai S. Shah; Paul R. Bennett; Leonard J. Cirignano; Yuriy N. Dmitriyev; Mikhail B. Klugerman; Krishna C. Mandal; Larry P. Moy; Robert A. Street

doi:10.1117/12.312883

1 July 1998 X-ray imaging with semiconductor films

Kanai S. Shah, Paul R. Bennett, Leonard J. Cirignano, Yuriy N. Dmitriyev, Mikhail B. Klugerman, Krishna C. Mandal, Larry P. Moy, Robert A. Street

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Proceedings Volume 3446, Hard X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Detector Physics and Applications; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.312883
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1998, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

In this paper, a novel approach for developing a large area, high spatial resolution x-ray imaging detector is discussed. This approach integrates the flat panel amorphous silicon readout technology with the polycrystalline lead iodide photoconductive x-ray detection technology. This Pbl₂ detector design is promising because it provides high x-ray stopping efficiency, high efficiency conversion of x-ray energy into electronic change, high signal amplitude due to efficient collection of these changes, and high spatial resolution due to electro-static focusing of these changes. We have designed and fabricated prototype 2' X 2' imagers with 200 micrometers pixels (256 X 256 elements) using this approach. The performance of these imagers is characterized by measuring their dark current, x-ray induced signal amplitude, spatial resolution, and uniformity of response. Some basic properties of lead iodide films are also evaluated and presented.

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Kanai S. Shah, Paul R. Bennett, Leonard J. Cirignano, Yuriy N. Dmitriyev, Mikhail B. Klugerman, Krishna C. Mandal, Larry P. Moy, and Robert A. Street "X-ray imaging with semiconductor films", Proc. SPIE 3446, Hard X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Detector Physics and Applications, (1 July 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.312883

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