Material-specific imaging system using energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction and spatially resolved CdZnTe detectors with potential application in breast imaging
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| Authors | Barbes D., Tabary J., Paulus C., Hazemann J.-L., Verger L. |
| Year | 2017-0181 |
| Source-Title | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment |
| Affiliations | Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France, CEA, LETI, MINATEC Campus, Grenoble, France, Univ.Grenoble Alpes, Inst NEEL, Grenoble, France, CNRS, Inst NEEL, Grenoble, France |
| Abstract | This paper presents a coherent X-ray-scattering imaging technique using a multipixel energy-dispersive system. Without any translation, the technique produces specific 1D image from data recorded by a single CdZnTe detector pixel using subpixelation techniques. The method is described in detail, illustrated by a simulation and then experimentally validated. As the main considered application of our study is breast imaging, this validation involves 2D imaging of a phantom made of plastics mimicking breast tissues. The results obtained show that our system can specifically image the phantom using a single detector pixel. For the moment, in vivo breast imaging applications remain difficult, as the dose delivered by the system is too high, but some adjustments are considered for further work. © 2016 Elsevier B.V. |
| Author-Keywords | Breast imaging, Energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction, Inverse problem, X-ray scattering system |
| Index-Keywords | Cadmium alloys, Coherent scattering, Imaging techniques, Inverse problems, Pixels, X ray diffraction, X ray scattering, Breast imaging, Breast tissues, CdZnTe detectors, Coherent X-ray scattering, Energy dispersive, Energy dispersive x-ray diffractions, Further works, Spatially resolved, Medical imaging |
| ISSN | 1689002 |
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