Dual-energy measurements utilizing a novel multimedia detector

Author

Giakos, G.C. ; Chowdhury, S. ; Shah, N. ; Vedantham, S. ; Passerini, A.G. ; Suryanarayanan, S. ; Mehya, K. ; Sumrain, S. ; Scheiber, Christian

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Akron Univ., OH, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

607

Abstract

Dual-energy measurements are presented utilizing a novel slot-scan digital radiographic imaging detector, operating on gaseous-solid state ionization principles. The novel multimedia detector has two basic functional components: a noble gas filled detector volume operating on gas microstrip principles, and a solid state detector volume. The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential use of this multimedia detector for enhanced dual-energy imaging. The experimental results indicate that the multimedia detector exhibits a high sensitivity. Although the intrinsic merit of this device is being explored for medical imaging, potential applications of the multimedia detector technology in other industrial areas are also very promising

Keywords

X-ray imaging; electric sensing devices; gas sensors; radiography; dual-energy measurements; gas microstrip principles; gaseous-solid state ionization principles; industrial areas; multimedia detector; noble gas filled detector volume; sensitivity; slot-scan digital radiographic imaging detector; solid state detector volume; Biomedical imaging; Biomedical measurements; Ionization; Medical signal detection; Microstrip; Optical imaging; Radiography; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors; X-ray imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2000. IMTC 2000. Proceedings of the 17th IEEE

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5890-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2000.848809

Filename

848809