Substance discrimination imaging derived from switchable soft and hard x-ray sensing in direct x-ray detector


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Zhao J., Wang X., Li Y., Cheng Q., Onwudiwe D. C., Bae B. S., ...Daha Fazla

INFOMAT, cilt.7, sa.2, 2025 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 7 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2025
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1002/inf2.12632
  • Dergi Adı: INFOMAT
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: perovskite, photodetector, single crystal, substance discrimination, x-ray imaging
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Substance discrimination beyond the shape feature is urgently desired for x-ray imaging for enhancing target identification. With two x-ray sources or stacked two detectors, the two-energy-channel x-ray detection can discriminate substance density by normalizing the target thickness. Nevertheless, the artifacts, high radiation dose and difficulty in image alignment due to two sources or two detectors impede their widespread application. In this work, we report a single direct x-ray detector with MAPbI(3)/MAPbBr(3) heterojunction for switchable soft x-ray (<20 keV) and hard x-ray (>20 keV) detection under one x-ray source. Systematic characterizations confirm soft and hard x-ray deposit their energy in MAPbI(3) and MAPbBr(3) layer, respectively, while working voltages can control the collection of generated charge carriers in each layer for selective soft/hard x-ray detection. The switching rate between soft and hard x-ray detection mode reaches 100 Hz. Moreover, the detector possesses a moderate performance with similar to 50 nGy s(-1) in limit-of-detection, similar to 8000 mu C Gy(-1) cm(-2) in sensitivity and similar to 7 lp/mm in imaging resolution. By defining the attenuation coefficient ratio (mu(L)/mu(H)) as substance label, we effectively mitigate the influence of target thickness and successfully discriminate substances in the acquired x-ray images.