A new linear array detector for high resolution and low dose digital radiography

At the Department of Physics of the University of Bologna a new intensified linear array detector is under development. The core of the system is a digital intensified CCD camera, the electron bombarded charge coupled device (EBCCD). The main innovation is a coherent rectangular-to-linear fiber opti...

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Published in:Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 2004, Vol.213, p.227-230
Main Authors: Bettuzzi, Matteo, Cornacchia, Samantha, Rossi, Massimo, Paltrinieri, Enrica, Morigi, Maria Pia, Brancaccio, Rosa, Romani, Davide, Casali, Franco
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Digital imaging
Fiber optics
High resolution
Intensified detector
Linear array
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Summary:At the Department of Physics of the University of Bologna a new intensified linear array detector is under development. The core of the system is a digital intensified CCD camera, the electron bombarded charge coupled device (EBCCD). The main innovation is a coherent rectangular-to-linear fiber optics adapter coupling the 1 in. diameter photocathode of the camera with a linear 129 mm × 1.45 mm strip of Gd 2O 2S:Tb. In this way a high spatial resolution over an extended length is obtained. The detector works as an X-ray scanner by means of a high-precision translation mechanical device to inspect a 13 cm × 18 cm area. A complete characterisation of the system has been made in terms of linearity, dynamic range, modulation transfer function (MTF), noise power spectrum (NPS) and detective quantum efficiency (DQE). At last, radiographic tests on a set of samples have been made and will be presented.
ISSN:0168-583X
1872-9584
DOI:10.1016/S0168-583X(03)01577-5