Two-dimensional X-ray imaging using plastic scintillating fiber array

Two-dimensional X-ray imaging using plastic scintillating fiber array 1 corresp first-author Corresponding author. E-mail address: qinglima@gmail.com Corresponding author. E-mail address: qinglima@gmail.com qinglima@gmail.com 2 3 4 Electronics Department, Electronic Engineering Institute, Hefei 230038, China Electronics Department, Electronic Engineering Institute, Hefei 230038, China Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China Department of Scientific Research, Electronic Engineering Institute, Hefei 230038, China Department of Scientific Research, Electronic Engineering Institute, Hefei 230038, China Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China Due to its low cost, flexibility and convenience for long distance data transfer, plastic scintillation fiber (PSF) have been increasingly used in building detectors or sensors for detecting various radiations and imaging. In this work, the performance of using PSF coupled with charge-coupled devices (CCD) to build area detectors for 2D X-ray imaging is studied. We describe the experimental setup and show the obtained images from CCD. Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) of the PSF array is also presented and compared to earlier reports. Plastic scintillating fiber X-ray imaging MTF References Tang S , Ma Q , Fang J , et al . IEEE Trans Nucl Sci , 2007 , 54 : 1773 - 1778 . IEEE Trans Nucl Sci Gruner S M , Tate M W , Eikenberry E F . Rev Sci Instrum , 2002 , 73 : 2815 - 2842 . Rev Sci Instrum Yaffe M J , Rowlands J A . Phys Med Biol , 1997 , 42 : 1 - 39 . Phys Med Biol Cherry S R , Shao Y P , Tornai M P , et al . IEEE Trans Nucl Sci , 1995 , 42 : 1058 - 1063 . IEEE Trans Nucl Sci Nagarkar V V , Gupta T K , Miller S R , et al . IEEE Trans Nucl Sci , 1998 , 45 : 492 - 496 . IEEE Trans Nucl Sci Ikhlef A , Skowronek M , Beddar A S . Nucl Instrum Methods A , 2000 , 442 : 428 - 432 . Nucl Instrum Methods A Bicron Corporation , 2003 , http://www.bicron.com . Bicron Corporation Hamamatsu Photonics , http://sales.hamamatsu.com . Hamamatsu Photonics Ikhlef A , Skowronek M . Applied Optics , 1998 , 37 : 8081 - 8084 . Applied Optics Nasseri M M , Yin Z , Wu X , et al . Nucl Instrum Methods B , 2004 , 225 : 617 - 622 . Nucl Instrum Methods B 10.1016/S1001-8042(08)60021-4 TN25,O571.33 Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.60602065) 2007-10-16 2008-02-20 2021-01-19 2008 Nuclear Science and Techniques 01 19