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- Title
On the robustness of detective quantum efficiency within the limits of IEC 61267 RQA standard radiation qualities.
- Authors
Pojtinger, Stefan
- Abstract
IEC 61267 allows a certain leeway regarding the establishment of radiation qualities in order to enable the use of X-ray tubes having different anode angles and inherent filtrations. This allowance has a direct impact on the calculation of the detective quantum efficiency and may potentially complicate any comparison of different imaging detectors based on this quantity. This work investigates this effect by applying computational methods. To this end, an algorithm was implemented to calculate the variation of the squared signal-to-noise ratio per air kerma for RQA standard radiation qualities and to deduce corresponding uncertainties based on GUM Supplement 2. For RQA standard radiation qualities, the results show standard uncertainties for the squared signal-to-noise ratio per air kerma of between 0.05 and 2.1%. Comparing imaging detectors based on detective quantum efficiency is associated with substantial uncertainty for some radiation qualities. This is due to the different photon fluences with respect to energy that are allowed by IEC 61267 for identical standard radiation qualities.
- Subjects
QUANTUM efficiency; QUALITY standards; DETECTIVES; IMAGE converters; SIGNAL-to-noise ratio
- Publication
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2024, Vol 200, Issue 5, p515
- ISSN
0144-8420
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/rpd/ncae029