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LMB Cambridge - Helsinki Institute of Physics

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Detectors: Quality Factors<br />

Sensitivity: Detective Quantum Efficiency (DQE),<br />

(S/N) 2 output /(S/N)2 input (=1 for perfect detector)<br />

DQE(0) zero spatial frequency<br />

DQE(spatial frequency)<br />

Resolution: Modulation Transfer Function (MTF)<br />

Framing Speeds… inverse <strong>of</strong> readout time<br />

Radiation Hardness … useful lifetime<br />

Dynamic Range … ability to record very weak and very<br />

strong parts <strong>of</strong> an image simultaneously (diffraction only)<br />

Defects …… Faults in fabrication, etc<br />

6/26/2008<br />

<strong>LMB</strong>, <strong>Cambridge</strong>

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