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Measurement of Quantum Interference in a Silicon Ring Resonator Photon Source

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Improving pulse detection in multibin photon-counting detectors.

Scott S Hsieh¹, Norbert J Pelc²

¹Stanford University, Department of Radiology, 1201 Welch Road, Stanford, California 94305, United States; Stanford University, Department of Electrical Engineering, 350 Serra Mall, Stanford, California 94305, United States.

Journal of Medical Imaging (Bellingham, Wash.)

|June 11, 2016

Summary

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New pulse detection methods for energy-discriminating, photon-counting (EDPC) detectors significantly reduce spectral imaging noise at high count rates. These advancements overcome limitations of conventional comparators, improving data accuracy.

Keywords:

comparators photon-counting detectors pulse pileup spectral imaging

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Medical Physics
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Image Processing

Background:

Energy-discriminating, photon-counting (EDPC) detectors offer enhanced detective quantum efficiency and spectral imaging.
High count rates in existing EDPC detectors lead to count loss, spectral distortion, and diminished performance.
Current EDPC detectors rely on comparator banks for pulse identification, limiting high count rate capabilities.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore alternative pulse detection methods for multibin EDPC detectors.
To improve EDPC detector performance under high count rate conditions.
To reduce stochastic noise in spectral imaging tasks.

Main Methods:

Simulated EDPC detector signals using Monte Carlo methods with a bipolar pulse shape.
Analyzed simulated signals using conventional comparator banks and novel pulse detection techniques.
Quantified performance by calculating the Cramer-Rao lower bound for basis material estimates.

Main Results:

Alternative pulse detection methods significantly reduced variance in water material measurements (bone canceled) by up to an order of magnitude at high count rates.
Improvements in virtual monoenergetic images were modest.
The Cramer-Rao lower bound analysis indicated superior performance for novel methods compared to conventional comparators.

Conclusions:

Alternative pulse detection strategies can mitigate count loss and spectral distortion in EDPC detectors at high count rates.
Utilizing advanced pulse detection methods offers a pathway to reduce stochastic noise in spectral imaging.
These findings suggest potential for enhanced diagnostic accuracy in applications relying on spectral imaging.