Medipix2 based CdTe microprobe for dental imaging
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Vykydal Zdeněk, Ing.
| UTEF
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Fauler Alex
| Freiburger Materialforschungszentrum, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
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Fiederle Michael, Dr.
| Freiburger Materialforschungszentrum, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
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Jakůbek Jan, Ing. Ph.D.
| UTEF
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Švestková Miroslava, MUDr.
| The Institute of Aviation Medicine Prague Generála Píky 1, 16000 Praha 6, Czech Republic
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Zwerger Andreas, Ing.
| Freiburger Materialforschungszentrum, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
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2011
Časopis
Journal of Instrumentation 6 C12002 doi:10.1088/1748-0221/6/12/C12002
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Medical imaging devices and techniques are demanded to provide high resolution and low dose images of samples or patients. Hybrid semiconductor single photon counting devices together with suitable sensor materials and advanced techniques of image reconstruction fulfil these requirements. In particular cases such as the direct observation of dental implants also the size of the imaging device itself plays a critical role. This work presents the comparison of 2D radiographs of tooth provided by a standard commercial dental imaging system (Gendex 765DC X-ray tube with VisualiX scintillation detector) and two Medipix2 USB Lite detectors one equipped with a Si sensor (300 μm thick) and one with a CdTe sensor (1 mm thick). Single photon counting capability of the Medipix2 device allows virtually unlimited dynamic range of the images and thus increases the contrast significantly. The dimensions of the whole USB Lite device are only 15 mm × 60 mm of which 25% consists of the sensitive area. Detector of this compact size can be used directly inside the patients' mouth.
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Příklad citace článku:
Z. Vykydal, A. Fauler, M. Fiederle, J. Jakůbek, M. Švestková, A. Zwerger, "Medipix2 based CdTe microprobe for dental imaging", Journal of Instrumentation 6 C12002 doi:10.1088/1748-0221/6/12/C12002 (2011)