Scintillation detection with a gaseous photomultiplier for Compton imaging with liquidxenon

Author

Duval, Samuel ; Breskin, Amos ; Carduner, Herve ; Cussonneau, Jean-Pierre ; Haruyama, Tomiyoshi ; Lamblin, Jacob ; Le Ray, Patrick ; Morteau, Eric ; Oger, Tugdual ; Stutzmann, Jean-Sebastien ; Thers, Dominique

Author_Institution

Lab. de Phys. Subatomique et des Technol. Associees, Univ. de Nantes, Nantes, France

fYear

2009

fDate

Oct. 24 2009-Nov. 1 2009

Firstpage

1331

Lastpage

1334

Abstract

We report on the development of a liquid-xenon time-projection chamber, designed to validate a new medical imaging concept named Â¿3Â¿ imagingÂ¿. The advantages of detection gamma-induced scintillation light with a gaseous photomultiplier (GPM) operating in cryogenic mode are discussed; first results are presented.

Keywords

cryogenics; ionisation chambers; liquid scintillation detectors; photomultipliers; position sensitive particle detectors; time projection chambers; 3-gamma imaging; Compton imaging; cryogenic mode; gamma-induced scintillation light detection; gaseous photomultiplier; liquid-xenon time-projection chamber; medical imaging concept; scintillation detection; Biomedical imaging; Charge carriers; Cryogenics; Electron tubes; Monitoring; Optical imaging; Photomultipliers; Refrigeration; Solid scintillation detectors; Xenon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2009 IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1095-7863

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3961-4

Electronic_ISBN

1095-7863

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5402348

Filename

5402348