6. CCD and CMOS Flashcards
The oldest indirect-conversion digital radiography systems used to acquire the digital image
Charged-Coupled Devices (CCD)
In a CCD system:
- X-ray photons interact with a scintillation
material and the signal is transmitted by lenses
or fiber optics to the CCD. - During the transmission process, the lenses
reduce the size of the projected visible light
image. - Transfer the image to one or small capacitors
that convert the light into an electrical charge. - This charge is stored in a sequential pattern
released line by line and sent to an analog-to-digital converter (ADC)
Charged-Coupled Devices (CCD) chip is made up of a
polysilicon layer, a silicon dioxide layer, and a silicon substrate
coated with a photosensitive material & contains
the electronic gates
Polysilicon Layer
an insulator
Silicon Dioxide Layer
contains the charge storage area
Silicon Substrate
Bucket Brigade Scheme (CCD)
1. Each pixel or detector element (del) contains three electrodes that hold the electrons in an electrical potential well. 2. The dels are formed by voltage gates that opens and closes like gates to allow the flow of electrons. 3. To collect the charge on the silicon chips, the voltage sign within each del is change, moving the electrons by rows down the columns until the readout row is reached
del
detector element
Most CCD chips range from ____
2 to 4 cm
The scintillator 2 main Types of Phosphors
- Structured
- Unstructured
produce more light spread when stimulated by X-rays, thereby decreasing the efficiency of the detector
Unstructured
powder-like grains
Unstructured (Gadolinium oxysulfide)
Unstructured phosphor used in Digital Radiography
Gadolinium oxysulfide (Gd2O2S)
allows greater detection of X-rays
than Gd2O2S scintillator
Structured
almost no light spread
Structured
spatial resolution is higher
Structured
needlelike crystals
Structured (Cesium Iodide)
Structured phosphor used in Digital Radiography
Cesium Iodide (CsI)
Powder phosphors used for Computed Radiography
Barium Fluoride Bromide
Needle phosphors used for Computed Radiography
Cesium Bromide
used to focus light onto the CCD chip
- Lens
- Fiberoptics
The amount of electrons produced relative to the incident light from the scintillator is the _______ of the CCD
quantum efficiency (Detective Quantum Efficiency)
3 Common Noise Types
- Statistical noise
- Dark current noise
- Amplification noise
noise created by the lack of light
photons from the scintillator
Statistical Noise