Abstract：
:This paper describes the implementation of a novel and robust threshold energy calibration method for photon counting detectors using polychromatic X-ray tubes. Methods often used for such energy calibration may require re-orientation of the detector or introduce calibration errors that are flux and acquisition time-dependent. Our newly proposed "differential intensity ratios" (DIR) method offers a practical and robust alternative to existing methods. We demonstrate this robustness against photon flux used in calibration, spectral errors such as pulse pile-up as well as the detector's inherent spectral resolution limits. The demonstrated significant insensitivity of the proposed DIR signature to detector spectral distortions and energy resolution is a key finding. The proposed DIR calibration method is demonstrated using Medipix3RX detectors with a CdTe sensor under varying flux conditions. A per pixel calibration using the DIR method has also been implemented to demonstrate an improvement over the global energy resolution of the PCD.
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IEEE Trans Med Imagingjournal_title
IEEE transactions on medical imagingauthors
Vespucci S,Park CS,Torrico R,Das Mdoi
10.1109/TMI.2018.2875932subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-04-01 00:00:00pages
968-978issue
4eissn
0278-0062issn
1558-254Xjournal_volume
38pub_type
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