Prototype CCD-based detector for whole-breast digital mammography

Daniel Rosen; Walter Charles Phillips; Martin J. Stanton; Juanhui Xie; Daniel M. O'Mara; Alexander X. Stewart

doi:10.1117/12.274018

2 May 1997 Prototype CCD-based detector for whole-breast digital mammography

Daniel Rosen, Walter Charles Phillips, Martin J. Stanton, Juanhui Xie, Daniel M. O'Mara, Alexander X. Stewart

Proceedings Volume 3032, Medical Imaging 1997: Physics of Medical Imaging; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.274018
Event: Medical Imaging 1997, 1997, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

We describe a prototype multi-mode CCD-based detector for digital mammography. Each module incorporates a CCD bonded to a demagnifying fiberoptic taper. The x-ray-to-light converter is formed by depositing Gd₂O₂S:Eu onto the large end of the taper. The modules are held together in an array in order to cover a large area. We have constructed a 2-module prototype to evaluate the performance of this design and to develop software and hardware methods for the final multi-module detector. The 2-module detector forms an imaging area of 10 X 20 cm. with a 30-50 micrometers gap between the modules. Each module incorporates a 3.5:1 demagnifying fiberoptic taper and a 2048 X 2048, 14 micrometers -pixel CCD, resulting in an effective pixel size of 50 micrometers . For each 20keV x-ray photon incident on the phosphor converter approximately 7 electrons are generated in the CCD. For a 1 second exposure, the image noise is approximately 15 e/pixel and the dynamic range of the detector is approximately 20,000. The detector MTF is comparable to hat of a MinR screen/film system and the detector is able to resolve all features except the smallest spec group in an ACR phantom.

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Daniel Rosen, Walter Charles Phillips, Martin J. Stanton, Juanhui Xie, Daniel M. O'Mara, and Alexander X. Stewart "Prototype CCD-based detector for whole-breast digital mammography", Proc. SPIE 3032, Medical Imaging 1997: Physics of Medical Imaging, (2 May 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.274018

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