A portable acquisition system based on USB standard for the Medipix2 X-ray detector

Author

Fanti, V. ; Marzeddu, R. ; Piredda, G. ; Randaccio, P.

Author_Institution

Dept of Phys., Cagliari Univ., Italy

Volume

5

fYear

2004

fDate

16-22 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

3226

Abstract

We describe a portable readout system for a X-ray hybrid detector based on the Medipix2 pixel readout chip. The Medipix2 chip is bump-bonded with a pixellated Silicon sensor 300 micron thick. The readout system consists of a simple small size electronic card based on a single powerful microcontroller and can be connected to a personal computer through the widespread universal serial bus (USB) interface. The reduced size of the final card (3.8 cm×4.8 cm) makes it suitable for special application like dental radiology.

Keywords

X-ray detection; dentistry; high energy physics instrumentation computing; nuclear electronics; position sensitive particle detectors; radiology; readout electronics; silicon radiation detectors; 3.8 cm; 4.8 cm; Medipix2 pixel readout chip; X-ray hybrid detector; dental radiology; electronic card; personal computer; pixellated Silicon sensor; portable acquisition system; portable readout system; single powerful microcontroller; widespread universal serial bus interface; Application specific integrated circuits; Educational institutions; Microcomputers; Microcontrollers; Physics; Silicon; Telephony; Universal Serial Bus; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2004 IEEE

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8700-7

Electronic_ISBN

1082-3654

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2004.1466369

Filename

1466369