Digital imaging with solid state x-ray image intensifiers

Michael A. Damento; Rachel Radspinner; Hans Roehrig

doi:10.1117/12.368175

6 October 1999 Digital imaging with solid state x-ray image intensifiers

Michael A. Damento, Rachel Radspinner, Hans Roehrig

Proceedings Volume 3770, Medical Applications of Penetrating Radiation; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.368175
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

X-ray cameras in which a CCD is lens coupled to a large phosphor screen are known to suffer from a loss of x-ray signal due to poor light collection from conventional phosphors, making them unsuitable for most medical imaging applications. By replacing the standard phosphor with a solid-state image intensifier, it may be possible to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of the images produced with these cameras. The solid-state x-ray image intensifier is a multi- layer device in which a photoconductor layer controls the light output from an electroluminescent phosphor layer. While prototype devices have been used for direct viewing and video imaging, they are only now being evaluated in a digital imaging system. In the present work, the preparation and evaluation of intensifiers with a 65 mm square format are described. The intensifiers are prepared by screen- printing or doctor blading the following layers onto an ITO coated glass substrate: ZnS phosphor, opaque layer, CdS photoconductor, and carbon conductor. The total thickness of the layers is approximately 350 micrometers , 350 VAC at 400 Hz is applied to the device for operation. For a given x-ray dose, the intensifiers produce up to three times the intensity (after background subtracting) of Lanex Fast Front screens. X-ray images produced with the present intensifiers are somewhat noisy and their resolution is about half that of Lanex screens. Modifications are suggested which could improve the resolution and noise of the intensifiers.

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Michael A. Damento, Rachel Radspinner, and Hans Roehrig "Digital imaging with solid state x-ray image intensifiers", Proc. SPIE 3770, Medical Applications of Penetrating Radiation, (6 October 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.368175

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