Single Photon-Counting Pixel Readout Chip Operating Up to 1.2 Gcps/mm2 for Digital X-Ray Imaging Systems

R Kleczek, P Grybos, R Szczygiel… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the design of a PXF40-an ultrafast single photon-counting (SPC)
readout front-end electronics implemented in a CMOS 40-nm technology dedicated to hybrid …

An Overview of X-ray Photon Counting Spectral Imaging (x-CSI) with a Focus on Gold Nanoparticle Quantification in Oncology

OLP Pickford Scienti, DG Darambara - Journal of Imaging, 2021 - mdpi.com
This review article offers an overview of the differences between traditional energy
integrating (EI) X-ray imaging and the new technique of X-ray photon counting spectral …

Charge Sharing Assessment and Active Collimation in Monolithic Arrays of Silicon Drift Detectors

B Pedretti, G Borghi, G Ticchi, D Di Vita… - … on Nuclear Science, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Charge sharing (CS) between pixels is a significant concern in X-ray spectroscopy detectors
based on monolithic arrays of silicon drift detectors (SDDs) when a photon is absorbed near …

Asynchronous approximation of a center of gravity for pixel detectors' readout circuits

P Otfinowski, GW Deptuch, P Maj - IEEE Journal of Solid-State …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an implementation of asynchronous approximation of a center of gravity
of a binary object on a focal plane of a pixel detector. The direct field of its application is …

Cdte based energy resolving, x-ray photon counting detector performance assessment: The effects of charge sharing correction algorithm choice

OLP Pickford Scienti, JC Bamber, DG Darambara - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Most modern energy resolving, photon counting detectors employ small (sub 1 mm) pixels
for high spatial resolution and low per pixel count rate requirements. These small pixels can …

Pixel readout IC for CdTe detectors operating in single photon counting mode with interpixel communication

P Grybos, R Kleczek, P Kmon… - Journal of …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents a readout integrated circuit (IC) of pixel architecture called MPIX
(Multithreshold PIXels), designed for CdTe pixel detectors used in X-ray imaging …

[PDF][PDF] Dosimetry and X-ray spectroscopy with the photon counting pixel detector Dosepix

S Schmidt - 2021 - opus4.kobv.de
Dosepix is a pixelated photon-counting detector designed for dosimetry tasks. It employs a
silicon sensor to register the deposited energies from photon interactions. Each of its 16 x 16 …

Small pixel high-spatial resolution photon-counting prototype IC for synchrotron applications

P Grybos, R Kleczek, P Kmon… - Journal of …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents the design and simulation of a prototype chip in the CMOS 40 nm
process for high spatial resolution operation at the ESRF-EBS synchrotron. The core of the …

MIRA: a Low-Noise ASIC with 35 μm Pixel Pitch for the Readout of Microchannel Plates

E Fabbrica, L Nassi… - … on Nuclear Science, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Spectroscopic observations in the far and extreme ultraviolet (FUV/EUV) spectral regions
are of great interest in various scientific fields, such as solar physics, interstellar medium …

Pattern recognition algorithm for charge sharing compensation in single photon counting pixel detectors

P Otfinowski, A Krzyżanowska, P Gryboś… - Journal of …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Thanks to the detector technology development based on high Z materials (GaAs, CdTe,
CZT, etc.), the hybrid pixel detectors with direct photon-to-charge conversion become more …