Modeling the x-ray energy characteristics of DQE for full-field digital mammography

J. Eric Tkaczyk; James W. LeBlanc; Robert L. Nevin; Gregory M. Kautz; Douglas Albagli; John M. Sandrik; Paul R. Granfors

doi:10.1117/12.430883

28 June 2001 Modeling the x-ray energy characteristics of DQE for full-field digital mammography

J. Eric Tkaczyk, James W. LeBlanc, Robert L. Nevin, Gregory M. Kautz, Douglas Albagli, John M. Sandrik, Paul R. Granfors

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Proceedings Volume 4320, Medical Imaging 2001: Physics of Medical Imaging; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.430883
Event: Medical Imaging 2001, 2001, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The modulation transfer function and detective quantum efficiency are modeled for a Full Field Digital Mammography detector constructed with a CsI scintillator deposited on an amorphous silicon active matrix array. The model is evaluated against experimental measurements using different exposure levels, x-ray tube voltages, target composition and beam filtrations as well as varying thicknesses and compositions of filtration materials placed in the path between the tube and detector. Available x-ray tube emission spectrum models were evaluated by comparison against the measured transmission through aluminum. The observed variation of DQE at zero spatial frequency among different target/filter conditions, acrylic filtration thicknesses and kVp is well characterized by a x-ray model. This variation is largely accounted for by just two effects -- the attenuation of x-rays through the detector enclosure and the stopping power of x-rays in the CsI layer. Additional considerations such as the Lubberts effect were included in the analysis in order to match the measured DQE(k) as a function of spatial frequency, k. The pixel aperture and light channeling through the scintillator shape the MTF which acts favorably to avoid aliasing due to digital sampling.

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J. Eric Tkaczyk, James W. LeBlanc, Robert L. Nevin, Gregory M. Kautz, Douglas Albagli, John M. Sandrik, and Paul R. Granfors "Modeling the x-ray energy characteristics of DQE for full-field digital mammography", Proc. SPIE 4320, Medical Imaging 2001: Physics of Medical Imaging, (28 June 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.430883

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