In this paper we report the development of a prototype for a new kind of detector intended for scintimammography imaging. Traditional photon counting information is available; moreover digital words representing the amplitude of each event and suitable image elaboration methods significantly enhance detector capabilities. The prototype detector is composed of a collimator and 4 imaging modules. Each module is composed of an 8times8 sensing array of 2 mmtimes2 mm silicon p-i-n photodiode pixels, coupled to a CsI(Tl) scintillator and custom readout electronics. The sensor is fixed to an Al2O3 printed circuit board. Eight readout mixed analog-digital ICs, wire bonded to single sensor pixels and to the PCB, provide analog signal conditioning, A/D conversion, self-triggered acquisition and bidirectional serial data transfer. Digital signals are routed out so that each module can be attached to a main board with an FPGA for overall detector management. PC-based supervision of the detector is accomplished using a LabVIEW simplified graphical user interface. The purpose of the prototype is to test the approach and the chosen architecture; all its elements have been designed in order to permit the construction of the final detector with a significantly larger sensing area
A Modular Prototype Detector for Scintimammography Imaging / Stebel, L.; Carrato, S.; Cautero, G.; Cirulli, N.; Pignatel, G.; Marzocca, Cristoforo; Tauro, A.; Dragone, A.; Corsi, Francesco; Dalla Betta, G. F.; Fazzi, A.; Varoli, V.; Cusanno, F.; Garibaldi, F.; Zorzi, N.. - 5:(2005), pp. 3027-3031. (Intervento presentato al convegno IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference 2005 tenutosi a Fajardo, PR nel October 23-29, 2005) [10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596968].
A Modular Prototype Detector for Scintimammography Imaging
MARZOCCA, Cristoforo;CORSI, Francesco;
2005-01-01
Abstract
In this paper we report the development of a prototype for a new kind of detector intended for scintimammography imaging. Traditional photon counting information is available; moreover digital words representing the amplitude of each event and suitable image elaboration methods significantly enhance detector capabilities. The prototype detector is composed of a collimator and 4 imaging modules. Each module is composed of an 8times8 sensing array of 2 mmtimes2 mm silicon p-i-n photodiode pixels, coupled to a CsI(Tl) scintillator and custom readout electronics. The sensor is fixed to an Al2O3 printed circuit board. Eight readout mixed analog-digital ICs, wire bonded to single sensor pixels and to the PCB, provide analog signal conditioning, A/D conversion, self-triggered acquisition and bidirectional serial data transfer. Digital signals are routed out so that each module can be attached to a main board with an FPGA for overall detector management. PC-based supervision of the detector is accomplished using a LabVIEW simplified graphical user interface. The purpose of the prototype is to test the approach and the chosen architecture; all its elements have been designed in order to permit the construction of the final detector with a significantly larger sensing areaI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
