Title :
An efficient, novel microstrip collector architecture for digital radiographic imaging CZT semiconductor sensors
Author :
Giakos, G.C. ; Shah, N. ; Chowdhury, S. ; Suryanarayanan, S. ; Sumrain, S. ; Guntupalli, R. ; Medithe, A. ; Vedantham, S. ; Kumar, V. ; Endorf, R.E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Akron, OH, USA
fDate :
6/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of a novel microstrip collector design on the temporal response of CdZnTe (CZT) semiconductor detectors for digital radiographic imaging applications. The experimental results of this paper clearly indicate a significant improvement of the temporal response of the CZT imaging detectors due to the enhanced collection efficiency.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; biomedical electronics; cadmium compounds; diagnostic radiography; electric sensing devices; image sensors; microstrip components; semiconductor counters; zinc compounds; CZT semiconductor sensors; CdZnTe; collection efficiency; digital radiographic imaging; microstrip collector architecture; semiconductor detectors; temporal response; Biomedical imaging; Geometry; Image sensors; Microstrip; Radiative recombination; Radiography; Semiconductor materials; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors; X-ray imaging;
Journal_Title :
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TIM.2005.847210
