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http://dx.doi.org/10.17946/JRST.2016.39.1.05

CdZnTe Detector for Computed Tomography based on Weighting Potential  

Lim, Hyunjong (Department of Bio-convergence Engineering, Korea University)
Park, Chansun (Department of Bio-convergence Engineering, Korea University)
Kim, Jungsu (Department of Bio-convergence Engineering, Korea University)
Kim, Jungmin (Department of Bio-convergence Engineering, Korea University)
Choi, Jonghak (Department of Bio-convergence Engineering, Korea University)
Kim, KiHyun (Department of Bio-convergence Engineering, Korea University)
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Journal of radiological science and technology / v.39, no.1, 2016 , pp. 35-42 More about this Journal
Abstract
Room-temperature operating CdZnTe(CZT) material is an innovative radiation detector which could reduce the patient dose to one-tenth level of conventional CT (Computed Tomography) and mammography system. The pixel and pixel pitch in the imaging device determine the conversion efficiency of incident X-or gamma-ray and the cross-talk of signal, that is, image quality of detector system. The weighting potential is the virtual potential determined by the position and geometry of electrode. The weighting potential obtained by computer-based simulation in solving Poisson equation with proper boundaries condition. The pixel was optimized by considering the CIE (charge induced efficiency) and the signal cross-talk in CT detector system. The pixel pitch was 1-mm and the detector thickness was 2-mm in the simulation. The optimized pixel size and inter-pixel distance for maximizing the CIE and minimizing the signal cross-talk is about $750{\mu}m$ and $125{\mu}m$, respectively.
Keywords
CdZnTe; Weighting Potential; Cross-talk; charge induction efficiency; CT;
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