Design and performance of a 32 slice CT detector system using back illuminated photodiodes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5368, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-51

  Utrup, Steve ^a   Chappo, Marc ^a   Harwood, Brian ^a   Krecic, Tony ^a   Luhta, Randy ^a   Mattson, Rod ^a   Salk, Dave ^a   Vrettos, Chris ^a  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

32 slice; Back illuminated photodiode; CT detector; Multislice CT

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CROSSTALK; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTOSENSITIVITY;

32 SLICE; BACK ILLUMINATED PHOTODIODES; CT DETECTORS; MULTISLICE CT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 3042549096     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.534646     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

1. R. Luhta, R. Mattson, N. Taneja, P. Bui and R. Vasbo, "Back Illuminated Photodiodes for Multislice CT", Proc. SPIE 5030, 235-245 (2003)
2. United States Patent No. 6,426,991 B1, Mattson et al, "Back-Illuminated Photodiodes for Computed Tomography Detectors", Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V., Eindhoven (NL), Jul. 30, 2002.
3. Simulations performed by Lothar Spies, Klaus Engel and Gereon Vogtmeier of Philips Research Laboratories in Aachen Germany.
4. United States Patent No. 6,671,345 B2, C. Vrettos, M. Chappo and A. Krecic, Data Acquisition for Computed Tomography", Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven (NL), Dec. 30, 2003