ChromAIX: A high-rate energy-resolving photon-counting ASIC for Spectral Computed Tomography

X-ray attenuation properties of matter (i.e. human body null in null medicalComputed Tomography) are energy and material dependent. This dependency is largely neglected in conventional CT techniques, which require the introduction of correction algorithms in order to prevent image artefacts. The exploitation of the inherent energy information contained in the x-ray spectrum allows distinguishing the two main physical causes of energy-dependent...