Dual-energy x-ray computed tomography scanner using a room-temperature cadmium-telluride detector and a range-region counter

Manabu Watanabe; Eiichi Sato; Yasuyuki Oda; Sohei Yoshida; Hodaka Moriyama; Osahiko Hagiwara; Hiroshi Matsukiyo; Toshiyuki Enomoto; Shinya Kusachi

doi:10.1117/12.2323756

11 September 2018 Dual-energy x-ray computed tomography scanner using a room-temperature cadmium-telluride detector and a range-region counter

Manabu Watanabe, Eiichi Sato, Yasuyuki Oda, Sohei Yoshida, Hodaka Moriyama, Osahiko Hagiwara, Hiroshi Matsukiyo, Toshiyuki Enomoto, Shinya Kusachi

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Proceedings Volume 10763, Radiation Detectors in Medicine, Industry, and National Security XIX; 1076302 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2323756
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2018, San Diego, California, United States

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To obtain two kinds of tomograms at two different X-ray energy ranges simultaneously, we have constructed a dualenergy (DE) X-ray photon counter with a room-temperature cadmium telluride (CdTe) detector. X-ray photons are detected using the CdTe detector system, and event pulses from an amplifier module are sent to three comparators simultaneously to determine three threshold energies of 33, 48 and 50 keV. The DE counter has energy-range and - region selectors, and the energy range and region are 33-48 and beyond 50 keV (50-100 keV); the maximum energy corresponds to the tube voltage. We performed DE computed tomography (DE-CT) using four lead pinholes at a tube voltage of 100 kV. In Gd-K-edge CT at a range of 50-100 keV, Gd media were observed at high contrasts. The spatial resolutions were 0.5×0.5 mm², and the exposure time for DE-CT was 19.6 min at a total rotation angle of 360°. At a tube voltage of 100 kV and a current of 0.22 mA, the count rate was 36 kilocounts per second.

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Manabu Watanabe, Eiichi Sato, Yasuyuki Oda, Sohei Yoshida, Hodaka Moriyama, Osahiko Hagiwara, Hiroshi Matsukiyo, Toshiyuki Enomoto, and Shinya Kusachi "Dual-energy x-ray computed tomography scanner using a room-temperature cadmium-telluride detector and a range-region counter", Proc. SPIE 10763, Radiation Detectors in Medicine, Industry, and National Security XIX, 1076302 (11 September 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2323756

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