Photonic Science

Camera Serial: 313241

Refer to document: Scientific Camera Test Procedure 20090506
Date
Tests
started

Camera Type
/ Speed /
Cooling

22/8/13

Input diagonal/
taper ratio

XR Imagestar
16803
8MHz
Air Cooled

Scintillator Type (X-ray

cameras)
Thickness

Light Exclusion Membrane

1 : 2.25

Customer

Universita
Politecnica
delle Marche
(Trieste)

Test
computer

Image
Pro
version
(test)

Driver Version

PSL
Software
version
supplied

TS16

6.3

Imagestar 9000
V5.1

PSL Viewer
3G-STD
64-bit

Gadox
Dual Thickness
Top Half = 1.5 mg/cm2
Bottom Half = 3.0 mg/cm2
Aluminium Foil

Ref.

Test Result
(or Nominal value)

Units

8
Bin1 RMS = 11.9
Bin2 RMS = 9.61
Bin3 RMS = 7.94
Bin4 RMS = 7.80
Bin5 RMS = 6.75
Bin6 RMS = 6.82
Bin7 RMS = 6.53
Bin8 RMS = 5.94

MHz
ADU
ADU
ADU
ADU
ADU
ADU
ADU
ADU

Test description

1.

Setup camera and enter settings into PSL camera

files for each speed (or camera A/B for Laue type
systems)

2.

Check Hardware Trigger Operation (if fitted)

Pass

3.

Check Gate Operation (Intensified systems only)

N/A

4.

Check Exposing Output Operation (if fitted)

Exposing
= 3.29
Not Exposing = 0.05

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Pass/
Fail

Initals

Pass

RJB

Pass

RJB

Pass

RJB

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Camera Serial: 313241
Ref.

Test Result
(or Nominal value)

Units

Pass/
Fail

Initals

-20

Pass

RJB

Test description

5.

Check Cooling Operation

6.

Check video gain control operation (AOS off)

N/A

7.

Generate Automatic offset subtraction files and test

in bins 1-8

Pass

Pass

RJB

8.

Check camera body light integrity

Pass

Pass

RJB

9.

Generate Bright Corner correction images (FDI

cameras) and test operation

N/A

10.

Generate bright pixel correction files (if necessary).

Check operation.

Pass

Pass

RJB

11.

Focus camera (if necessary). Setup and check

integrated field of view (multi-camera systems)

N/A

12.

Check Scintillator quality on X-rays.

Pass

Pass

RJB

13.

Generate image(s) for Automatic flat fielding and

test operation

Pass

Pass

RJB

Pass

RJB

Pass

RJB

14.
15.

Measure Xray sensitivity at 25KV 0.5mA, 1.2m

from PSL XOS tungsten Xray source
Signal to noise
(measured at half of full well capacity)
= Signal / (std dev Noise1- std dev Noise2) / root 2

Top Half = 31.3

Bottom Half = 67.3

ADU/s
/pixel

Top Half = 54 : 1
Bottom Half = 61 : 1

16.

Check Saturation Level Unbinned

~64000

ADU

Pass

RJB

17.

Check saturation Level Binned

~65000

ADU

Pass

RJB

18.

Measure Intensifier Gain range (intensified systems

only)

N/A

19.

Measure intensifier dark noise (intensified systems

only)

N/A

Pass

RJB

Pass

RJB

Pass

RJB

20.

Create Remapped image and measure distortion

Pass no distortion with

remapping enabled

21.

Test general imaging operation with in bins 1-8 and

at all speeds

Pass

22.

Pixel Pitch (at scintillator on X-ray cameras)

4.1

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ADU/s
/pixel
percent

m (in
centre of
image)

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Camera Serial: 313241
Ref.

Test Result
(or Nominal value)

Units

Pass/
Fail

Initals

16.8 x 16.8

mm

Pass

RJB

m (in
centre of
image)

Pass

RJB

Test description

23.

Measure and describe active area at input

15KV
Top = 11.5
Bottom = 14.5

24.

Measure Resolution
Line Spread Function (Xray cameras)
Resolvable lines across image width (visible
cameras)

25KV
Top = 12
Bottom = 13.5

CAMERA SPECIFIC TESTS / OTHER COMMENTS

Test Engineers :- R. Brooks

Date Tests Completed :30/8/13

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35KV
Top = 12.5
Bottom =