• Title of article

    A fundamental method to determine the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and detective quantum efficiency (DQE) for a photon counting pixel detector

  • Author/Authors

    Michel، نويسنده , , T. and Anton، نويسنده , , G. and Bِhnel، نويسنده , , M. and Durst، نويسنده , , J. and Firsching، نويسنده , , M. and Korn، نويسنده , , A. and Kreisler، نويسنده , , B. and Loehr، نويسنده , , A. and Nachtrab، نويسنده , , F. and Niederlِhner، نويسنده , , D. and Sukowski، نويسنده , , F. and Takoukam Talla، نويسنده , , P.، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
  • Pages
    4
  • From page
    799
  • To page
    802
  • Abstract
    We outline in this paper that the noise of a photon counting pixel detector depends on the detection efficiency and the average multiplicity of counts per interacting photon. We give a simple expression for the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and zero-frequency detective quantum efficiency (DQE). We describe a method to determine the DQE from measured data and to optimize the DQE as a function of energy threshold.
  • Keywords
    photon counting detector , Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) , Multiplicity of counts , Detective quantum efficiency (DQE) , Pixel detector , x-ray imaging , Medipix
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
  • Serial Year
    2006
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
  • Record number

    2202142