Quantitative analysis of an enlarged area solid state x-ray image intensifier (SSXII) detector based on electron multiplying charge coupled device (EMCCD) technology

Setlur Nagesh Swetadri Vasan; P. Sharma; V. Singh; A. Jain; Ciprian N. Ionita; A. H. Titus; A. N. Cartwright; D. R. Bednarek; S. Rudin

doi:10.1117/12.2006286

6 March 2013 Quantitative analysis of an enlarged area solid state x-ray image intensifier (SSXII) detector based on electron multiplying charge coupled device (EMCCD) technology

Setlur Nagesh Swetadri Vasan, P. Sharma, V. Singh, A. Jain, Ciprian N. Ionita, A. H. Titus, A. N. Cartwright, D. R. Bednarek, S. Rudin

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Proceedings Volume 8668, Medical Imaging 2013: Physics of Medical Imaging; 86680J (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2006286
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2013, Lake Buena Vista (Orlando Area), Florida, United States

Abstract

Present day treatment for neurovascular pathological conditions involves the use of devices with very small features such as stents, coils, and balloons; hence, these interventional procedures demand high resolution xray imaging under fluoroscopic conditions to provide the capability to guide the deployment of these fine endovascular devices. To address this issue, a high resolution x-ray detector based on EMCCD technology is being developed. The EMCCD field-of-view is enlarged using a fiber-optic taper so that the detector features an effective pixel size of 37 μm giving it a Nyquist frequency of 13.5 lp/mm, which is significantly higher than that of the state of the art Flat Panel Detectors (FPD). Quantitative analysis of the detector, including gain calibration, instrumentation noise equivalent exposure (INEE) and modulation transfer function (MTF) determination, are presented in this work. The gain of the detector is a function of the detector temperature; with the detector cooled to 50 C, the highest relative gain that could be achieved was calculated to be 116 times. At this gain setting, the lowest INEE was measured to be 0.6 μR/frame. The MTF, measured using the edge method, was over 2% up to 7 cycles/ mm. To evaluate the performance of the detector under clinical conditions, an aneurysm model was placed over an anthropomorphic head phantom and a coil was guided into the aneurysm under fluoroscopic guidance using the detector. Image sequences from the procedure are presented demonstrating the high resolution of this SSXII.

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Setlur Nagesh Swetadri Vasan, P. Sharma, V. Singh, A. Jain, Ciprian N. Ionita, A. H. Titus, A. N. Cartwright, D. R. Bednarek, and S. Rudin "Quantitative analysis of an enlarged area solid state x-ray image intensifier (SSXII) detector based on electron multiplying charge coupled device (EMCCD) technology", Proc. SPIE 8668, Medical Imaging 2013: Physics of Medical Imaging, 86680J (6 March 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2006286

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