Quantitative comparison using generalized relative object detectability (G-ROD) metrics of an amorphous selenium detector with high resolution microangiographic fluoroscopes (MAF) and standard flat panel detectors (FPD)

M. Russ; A. Shankar; A. Jain; S. V. Setlur Nagesh; C. N. Ionita; C. Scott; K. S. Karim; D. R. Bednarek; S. Rudin

doi:10.1117/12.2216733

22 March 2016 Quantitative comparison using generalized relative object detectability (G-ROD) metrics of an amorphous selenium detector with high resolution microangiographic fluoroscopes (MAF) and standard flat panel detectors (FPD)

M. Russ, A. Shankar, A. Jain, S. V. Setlur Nagesh, C. N. Ionita, C. Scott, K. S. Karim, D. R. Bednarek, S. Rudin

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Proceedings Volume 9783, Medical Imaging 2016: Physics of Medical Imaging; 97833N (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2216733
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2016, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

A novel amorphous selenium (a-Se) direct detector with CMOS readout has been designed, and relative detector performance investigated. The detector features include a 25μm pixel pitch, and 1000μm thick a-Se layer operating at 10V/μm bias field. A simulated detector DQE was determined, and used in comparative calculations of the Relative Object Detectability (ROD) family of prewhitening matched-filter (PWMF) observer and non-pre-whitening matched filter (NPWMF) observer model metrics to gauge a-Se detector performance against existing high resolution micro-angiographic fluoroscopic (MAF) detectors and a standard flat panel detector (FPD). The PWMF-ROD or ROD metric compares two x-ray imaging detectors in their relative abilities in imaging a given object by taking the integral over spatial frequencies of the Fourier transform of the detector DQE weighted by an object function, divided by the comparable integral for a different detector. The generalized-ROD (G-ROD) metric incorporates clinically relevant parameters (focal- spot size, magnification, and scatter) to show the degradation in imaging performance for detectors that are part of an imaging chain. Preliminary ROD calculations using simulated spheres as the object predicted superior imaging performance by the a-Se detector as compared to existing detectors. New PWMF-G-ROD and NPWMF-G-ROD results still indicate better performance by the a-Se detector in an imaging chain over all sphere sizes for various focal spot sizes and magnifications, although a-Se performance advantages were degraded by focal spot blurring. Nevertheless, the a-Se technology has great potential to provide break- through abilities such as visualization of fine details including of neuro-vascular perforator vessels and of small vascular devices.

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M. Russ, A. Shankar, A. Jain, S. V. Setlur Nagesh, C. N. Ionita, C. Scott, K. S. Karim, D. R. Bednarek, and S. Rudin "Quantitative comparison using generalized relative object detectability (G-ROD) metrics of an amorphous selenium detector with high resolution microangiographic fluoroscopes (MAF) and standard flat panel detectors (FPD)", Proc. SPIE 9783, Medical Imaging 2016: Physics of Medical Imaging, 97833N (22 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2216733

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