A method for the theoretical estimation of the MTF of columnar phosphors with a homogeneous part at the end used in X-ray imaging has been developed. This method considers the light transport inside the scintillator through an analytical modelling, the optical photon beams distribution on the scintillator-optical sensor interface, and uses the definition of the PSF and a Gauss fitted LSF to estimate the MTF of an indirect detector. This method was applied to a columnar CsI:Tl scintillator and validated against experimental results found in literature, and a good agreement was observed. It was found that, by increasing the pixel size of the optical detector and the thickness of the scintillator, the MTF decreased as expected. This method may be used in evaluating the performance of the columnar phosphors used in medical imaging, given their physical and geometrical characteristics.Graphical abstract (a) Side view of a part of the scintillator where five crystal columns with homogeneous ends attached to an optical sensor is shown. (b) Propagation of two random optical photon beams emitted from point K with different angles of emission is shown. All the symbols are explained analytically in the text.
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