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. 2019 Mar 6;10:1066. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-08981-w

Table 1.

Performance of conventional X-ray detectors for medical imaging

Atomic number Applied electric field (V μm−1) μτ product (cm2 V−1) Sensitivity (μC  Gy−1air cm−2) Spatial resolution (lp mm−1) Lowest detectable dose rate (μGyair s−1) Refs
Sia 14 0.5 >1 8 4.5 <8300 24, 26
a-Sea 34 10 10−7 20 ~15 5.5 21, 70
HgI2a 53,80 10 10−4 1600 3.93 10 84
CZTa 48, 52 0.1–1 0.01 318 10 50 85, 86
MAPbBr3a 35, 82 0.05 0.012 2.1 × 104 10 0.039 18, 66
MAPbI3a 53, 82 0.24 0.010 1.1 × 104 3 <5000 64
Cs2AgBiBr6a 47, 53, 55, 83 0.025 0.0060 105 0.060 47
CsI(Tl)b 53, 55, 81 5370 10 0.18 27, 28
GOS(Tb)b 64, 65 7.3 4.75 29

aThe direct X-ray detection by semiconductor

bThe indirect X-ray detection by scintillator