A Portable Acquisition System Based on USB Standard for the Medipix2 X-Ray Detector

Author

Fanti, V. ; Marzeddu, R. ; Piredda, G. ; Randaccio, P.

Author_Institution

Cagliari Univ.

Volume

53

Issue

5

fYear

2006

Firstpage

2578

Lastpage

2583

Abstract

We describe a portable readout system for an X-ray hybrid detector based on the Medipix2 pixel readout chip. The Medipix2 chip (256times256 square pixels with 55 mum pitch) is bump-bonded with a pixellated Silicon sensor 300-micron thick. The readout system consists of a simple small size electronic card based on a single powerful microcontroller and can be connected to a PC through the widespread Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface. The reduced size of the final card (3.8 cmtimes4.8 cm) makes it suitable for special applications like dental radiology

Keywords

X-ray detection; data acquisition; dentistry; diagnostic radiography; high energy physics instrumentation computing; medical computing; microcontrollers; nuclear electronics; peripheral interfaces; position sensitive particle detectors; readout electronics; silicon radiation detectors; 256 pixels; 300 micron; 55 micron; 65536 pixels; Medipix2 X-ray hybrid detector; Medipix2 pixel readout chip; PC; USB standard; X-ray imaging; bump-bonded; computer peripherals; data acquisition; dental radiology; electronic card; pixellated silicon sensor; portable acquisition system; portable readout system; single powerful microcontroller; widespread Universal Serial Bus interface; Application specific integrated circuits; Collaborative work; Educational institutions; Microcontrollers; Silicon; Testing; Universal Serial Bus; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors; X-ray imaging; Computer peripherals; X-ray detectors; X-ray imaging; data acquisition;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2006.877153

Filename

1710241