This work presents the results obtained with a new generation portable gamma camera, assembled with an innovative technique based oil CsI(Tl) scintillation crystals inserted into the square holes of a tungsten collimator. Characterization measurements have been performed on three detectors with different crystal size, in order to obtain 7 x 7, 8 x 8 and 9 x 9 arrays over the fixed area of 25.7 x 25.7 mm 2, having the same overall dimensions of a Position Sensitive Photomultiplier Tube. Detector sensitivity, energy resolution and spatial resolution have been measured, and the acquired image quality has been evaluated with particular attention to pixel identification capability. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
New imaging probe with crystals integrated in the collimator's square holes / A., Soluri; R., Massari; C., Trotta; L., Montani; G., Iurlaro; A. M., Mangano; Scopinaro, Francesco. - In: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. - ISSN 0168-9002. - 554:1-3(2005), pp. 331-339. [10.1016/j.nima.2005.08.091]
New imaging probe with crystals integrated in the collimator's square holes
SCOPINARO, Francesco
2005
Abstract
This work presents the results obtained with a new generation portable gamma camera, assembled with an innovative technique based oil CsI(Tl) scintillation crystals inserted into the square holes of a tungsten collimator. Characterization measurements have been performed on three detectors with different crystal size, in order to obtain 7 x 7, 8 x 8 and 9 x 9 arrays over the fixed area of 25.7 x 25.7 mm 2, having the same overall dimensions of a Position Sensitive Photomultiplier Tube. Detector sensitivity, energy resolution and spatial resolution have been measured, and the acquired image quality has been evaluated with particular attention to pixel identification capability. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
