3D Medipix - a new generation of X-ray detectors

Author

Wright, V.A. ; Davidson, W.D. ; Melone, J.J. ; O´Shea, V. ; Smith, K.M. ; Donnohue, L. ; Lea, L. ; Robb, K. ; Nenonen, S. ; Silpila, H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Glasgow Univ., UK

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

16-22 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

1336

Abstract

3D detectors have many potential advantages over standard planar devices and for a range of applications, e.g. high energy physics, synchrotron radiation detection and medical imaging. A 64×64 pixel 3D detector designed for read-out by the Medipix1 chip has been fabricated. The sensors have been characterised using current-voltage and capacitance measurements. They are currently being bump-bonded to the Medipix1 chip at the University of Freiburg in order for the complete system to be evaluated using a dental X-ray source.

Keywords

X-ray apparatus; biomedical imaging; position sensitive particle detectors; 3D Medipix; 3D detectors; Medipix1 chip; X-ray detectors; dental X-ray source; high energy physics; medical imaging; planar devices; synchrotron radiation detection; Astronomy; Biomedical imaging; Electrodes; Geometry; Physics; Programmable control; Radiation detectors; Semiconductor radiation detectors; Synchrotron radiation; 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.2004.1462446

Filename

1462446