Monte Carlo simulation of a silicon strip detector response for angiography applications.: First approach

We present First results of Monte Carlo simulation by the general purpose MCNP-4C transport code of an experimental facility at Bologna S. Orsola hospital for studying the possible application of a X-Ray detection system based on a silicon strip detector on a dual energy angiography. The quasi-monochromatic X-ray beam with the detector in the edge-on configuration has been used to acquire images of a test object at two different energies (namely 31 and 35 keV) suitable for the K-edge subtraction angiography application. As a test object a Plexiglas step wedge phantom with four cylindrical cavities, having 1 mm diameter was used. The cavities have been drilled and filled, with iodated contrast medium, whose concentration varied from 370 mg/ml to 92 mg/ml. Both the profiles obtained from measurements and the generated images where reproduced by computer simulation on a first approach to use this technique as an evaluation tool for future developments on the experimental setup.