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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2014.8.7.423

A Study on the Physical Characteristics of Photoconductors for Photon Counting based X-ray Sensor Application  

Park, Ji Koon (Department. of Radiological Science, International University of Korea)
Noh, Si Cheol (Department. of Radiological Science, International University of Korea)
Choi, Il Hong (Department. of Radiological Science, International University of Korea)
Jung, Bong Jae (Department. of Radiological Science, International University of Korea)
Kang, Sang Sik (Department. of Radiological Science, International University of Korea)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.8, no.7, 2014 , pp. 423-428 More about this Journal
Abstract
Digital X-ray imaging devices using a TFT based flat panel array has been used in medical field. But, recently, lots of research on the photon counting sensor has been reported. In this study, we evaluated the physical properties of the photoconductor by suggesting the standard and testing method for quantitative performance evaluation of photon counting x-ray imaging sensor. First, we measured the leakage current and the sensitivity of photon counting x-ray imaging sensor and we evaluated the characteristic of rising time for determining the signal shaping time. In addition, the set-up study was conducted on the basis of the IEC 62220-1-2 recommendations to define the number of incident photons per unit area. And the efficiency of the charge collection was also evaluated. As a result, the characteristic was measured as $200pA/mm^2$ of the leakage current, $7{\mu}C/cm^2R $ of the X-ray sensitivity, and $0.765{\mu}s$ of the rising time.
Keywords
photon counting; photoconductor; x-ray sensor; charge collection efficiency;
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