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  • Medical Imaging Physics
  • Detector Technology
  • Radiological Sciences

Background:

  • Thick segmented scintillators offer potential for enhanced megavoltage active matrix, flat-panel imagers (MV AMFPIs).
  • Prototypes using CsI(Tl) and BGO have shown over a factor of 20 improvement in detective quantum efficiency (DQE) at zero spatial frequency.
  • However, element misalignment and mis-registration to the imager array can degrade spatial resolution and limit DQE gains at higher frequencies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate methods for restoring spatial resolution and DQE in MV AMFPIs with thick segmented scintillators.
  • To address the challenges posed by element-to-element misalignment and mis-registration.
  • To evaluate the efficacy of high-resolution active matrix, flat-panel imager (AMFPI) arrays and specialized binning techniques.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical and empirical investigation of misalignment and mis-registration effects on imaging performance.
  • Determination of modulation transfer function (MTF) and DQE.
  • Imaging of a phantom in a cone-beam CT geometry using a prototype BGO segmented scintillator (120x60 elements, 50 μm septa, 1016 μm pitch) coupled to a higher resolution 127-μm-pitch AMFPI array under a 6 MV photon beam.

Main Results:

  • Misalignment and mis-registration significantly degrade spatial resolution, reducing DQE at non-zero spatial frequencies.
  • Standard 8x8 pixel binning can correct for mis-registration in well-aligned scintillators but is affected by misalignment.
  • Selective binning, focusing on interior pixels of each scintillator element, improves resolution while maintaining DQE.

Conclusions:

  • High-resolution AMFPI arrays combined with selective binning enable prototype MV AMFPIs with thick segmented scintillators to achieve performance limited solely by scintillator characteristics.
  • This approach overcomes resolution losses associated with misalignment and mis-registration.
  • Further development can lead to improved diagnostic imaging capabilities in megavoltage applications.