An ISPA-camera for gamma rays in nuclear medicine

被引:6
作者
DAmbrosio, C
Gys, T
Leutz, H
Piedigrossi, D
Puertolas, D
机构
[1] CERN, Geneva
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D O I
10.1016/0168-9002(95)00529-3
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
With the recently developed ISPA (Imaging Silicon Pixel Array)-tube we achieved high position-sensitive detection efficiency of Co-57-122 keV photons, via a matrix of YAlO3-crystals (YAP), 5 mm long, 0.6 x 0.6 mm(2) cross-section. The ISPA-tube is only 4 cm long with 3.5 cm diameter and consists of a photocathode viewed at 3 cm distance by a silicon pixel chip, directly detecting the photoelectrons. The chip-anode consists of 1024 rectangular pixels with 75 mu m x 500 mu m edges. Each pixel is bump-bonded to its individual front-end electronics which provides read-out times between 6 and 12 mu s. Apart from its already demonstrated application in HEP for particle tracking with scintillating fibres, the ISPA-tube provides also an excellent tool in medicine, biology and chemistry.
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页码:54 / 57
页数:4
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