arXiv 2101.034942021-01-10physics.med-ph

Energy filtering with X-ray lenses: optimization for photon-counting mammography

Erik Fredenberg, Bjorn Cederstrom, Mats Danielsson

发表信息：: Radiation protection dosimetry, 139(1-3), pp.339-342 (2010)
DOI：: 10.1093/rpd/ncq049

英文摘要：

Chromatic properties of the multi-prism and prism-array X-ray lenses (MPL and PAL) can potentially be utilized for efficient energy filtering and dose reduction in mammography. The line-shaped foci of the lenses are optimal for coupling to photon-counting silicon strip detectors in a scanning system. A theoretical model was developed and used to investigate the benefit of two lenses compared with an absorption-filtered reference system. The dose reduction of the MPL filter was ~15% compared with the reference system at matching scan time, and the spatial resolution was higher. The dose of the PAL-filtered system was found to be ~20% lower than for the reference system at equal scan time and resolution, and only ~20% higher than for a monochromatic beam. An investigation of some practical issues remains, including the feasibility of brilliant-enough X-ray sources and manufacturing of a polymer PAL.

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