Table 3 Detector characteristics.

From: Feasibility of improving vascular imaging in the presence of metallic stents using spectral photon counting CT and K-edge imaging

Pixel Size

500 µm pitch, flip-chip to sensor

Observable count rate

>10 Mcps/pixel, Paralyzable

Input referred noise

<350 \({e}^{-}\)

Leakage compensation

Static 200 nA Dynamic 60/600 nA 3 dB at 10 kHz

Thresholds

5

Energy range

>160 keV

Energy resolution

0.5 keV/LSB

Frame rate

>10 kHz, zero dead-time

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