Advanced x-ray imaging spectrometer
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1. A system for detecting high energy photons comprising:
- a coded aperture disposed to receive said photons from a source, wherein said photons passing through the coded aperture generates a predetermined spatial pattern;
a detector array disposed to receive the photons passing through the coded aperture, the detector array having a plurality of individual detectors, each receiving one pixel of said spatial pattern, said detectors producing an output signal indicating the number of said photons received as well as the energy of each photon, wherein said detectors in said array each comprise deeply depleted high purity silicon detectors; and
a processor receiving said output signal from each detector and performing a reconstruction operation on said signals to reconstruct the spatial position of each photon that it had prior to passing through the coded aperture, whereby an image of the source is produced.
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Abstract
An x-ray spectrometer that also provides images of an x-ray source. Coded aperture imaging techniques are used to provide high resolution images. Imaging position-sensitive x-ray sensors with good energy resolution are utilized to provide excellent spectroscopic performance. The system produces high resolution spectral images of the x-ray source which can be viewed in any one of a number of specific energy bands.
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1. A system for detecting high energy photons comprising:
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a coded aperture disposed to receive said photons from a source, wherein said photons passing through the coded aperture generates a predetermined spatial pattern; a detector array disposed to receive the photons passing through the coded aperture, the detector array having a plurality of individual detectors, each receiving one pixel of said spatial pattern, said detectors producing an output signal indicating the number of said photons received as well as the energy of each photon, wherein said detectors in said array each comprise deeply depleted high purity silicon detectors; and a processor receiving said output signal from each detector and performing a reconstruction operation on said signals to reconstruct the spatial position of each photon that it had prior to passing through the coded aperture, whereby an image of the source is produced. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for detecting high energy photons comprising:
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a coded aperture disposed to receive said photons from a source, wherein said photons passing through the coded aperture generates a predetermined spatial pattern; a detector array disposed to receive the photons passing through the coded aperture, the detector array having a plurality of individual detectors, each receiving one pixel of said spatial pattern, said detectors producing an output signal indicating the number of said photons received as well as the energy of each photon wherein said detectors in said array each comprise deeply depleted high purity silicon detectors; a processor receiving said output signal from each detector and performing a reconstruction operation on said signals to reconstruct the spatial position of each photon that it had prior to passing through the coded aperture, whereby an image of the source is produced; and a signal correction unit for normalizing the detector outputs. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of generating spectral images of an x-ray source, comprising:
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passing x-rays from a source through a coded aperture; receiving said x-rays in a detector having an individual detector for each pixel; measuring the number of photons of said received x-rays reaching each detector; measuring the energy of said photons of x-rays reaching each detector; reconstructing the information regarding the number of photons and their energy levels to create an image of the source of x-rays; and calculating a correction signal Sj,k using the equation;
space="preserve" listing-type="equation">S.sub.j,k =(N.sub.j,k -B.sub.j,k)/A.sub.j,k,where j is the number of the pixel, k is the energy bin of the photons detected at the pixel, Nj,k is the uncorrected signal, Sj,k is the corrected signal, Bj,k is the background signal determined by calibration, and Aj,k is the effective area of each detector pixel, determined by calibration. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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