In the field of digital mammography, the SYRMEP (SYnchrotron Radiation for MEdical Physics) collaboration intends to use as a source the 10-35 keV photons from a monochromatic beam at the synchrotron ELETTRA in Trieste, and as a detector a brick of silicon microstrip detectors with the beam impinging along the strip direction. In this way, the absorption efficiency is maximized and a pixel-like matrix is obtained with pixel dimensions given by the detector thickness and the strip pitch. The digital images are obtained using a photon counting technique. We present here the results obtained with an ACcoupled FOXFET detector with 200 × 300 μm2 pixels and a hybrid electronics, both with a standard X-ray tube and the monochromatic beam.
Arfelli, F., Barbiellini, G., Bonvicini, V., Bravin, A., Cantatore, G., Castelli, E., et al. (1997). SYRMEP: an innovative detection system for soft X-rays. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 392(1-3), 188-191 [10.1016/S0168-9002(97)00232-5].
SYRMEP: an innovative detection system for soft X-rays
Bravin A;
1997
Abstract
In the field of digital mammography, the SYRMEP (SYnchrotron Radiation for MEdical Physics) collaboration intends to use as a source the 10-35 keV photons from a monochromatic beam at the synchrotron ELETTRA in Trieste, and as a detector a brick of silicon microstrip detectors with the beam impinging along the strip direction. In this way, the absorption efficiency is maximized and a pixel-like matrix is obtained with pixel dimensions given by the detector thickness and the strip pitch. The digital images are obtained using a photon counting technique. We present here the results obtained with an ACcoupled FOXFET detector with 200 × 300 μm2 pixels and a hybrid electronics, both with a standard X-ray tube and the monochromatic beam.
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