Flexible X-ray imaging detectors using scintillating fibers

• We present early design and simulation work on a novel X-ray imaging detector. The intent of the FleX-RAY project is to create a digital X-ray detector that is capable of producing high-resolution images, is flexible enough to produce an image on a curved surface, and is capable of self-reporting its final shape. The X-rays will be detected on a sheet of scintillating optical fibers, which will guide the scintillation light to single-photon avalanche photodiodes. This setup allows the electronics and hardware to be moved out of the path of the X-ray beam, limiting the need for additional shielding. Self-shape-reporting will be achieved using a flexible ultra-thin glass substrate with optical waveguides and Bragg gratings, processed by femtosecond laser point-by-point writing. The functionalized glass substrate allows precise measurement of strains, which can be used to calculate the shape. © 2022 The Author(s).

Keyword

Inspection with gamma rays

Inspection with X-rays

Scintillators

scintillation and light emission processes (solid

gas and liquid scintillators)

X-ray detectors

Gamma rays

Glass

Glass substrates

Ionization

Optical fibers

Particle beams

Scintillation counters

X ray detectors

Early designs

Emission process

Gamma-rays

Inspection with gamma ray

Inspection with X-ray

Liquid scintillator

Scintillating fiber

Scintillator

scintillation and light emission process (solid

gas and liquid scintillator)

X-ray detector

X-ray imaging detector

Scintillation

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