• DocumentCode
    1072327
  • Title

    Point source resolution performance of a germanium Compton camera

  • Author

    Haskins, P.S. ; McKisson, J.E. ; Neelands, K.C. ; Henderson, D.P., Jr.

  • Author_Institution
    Radiatian Technol. Inc., Alachua, FL, USA
  • Volume
    43
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    6/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1832
  • Lastpage
    1836
  • Abstract
    One of the critical performance parameters for a Compton camera imager is the point source location accuracy. This paper describes analysis of both experimental and simulated data to evaluate the point source resolving power of a germanium Compton camera imager. The experimental data are taken from a set of experiments performed in 1993 at Naval Research Laboratory. Subsequent design studies have utilized Monte Carlo simulations to predict the performance parameters for a number of detector geometries. Presented in this paper are the results from one of those configurations
  • Keywords
    Compton effect; Monte Carlo methods; cameras; germanium radiation detectors; Compton camera imager; Ge; Monte Carlo simulations; germanium Compton camera; point source location accuracy; point source resolution performance; Cameras; Detectors; Germanium; Image reconstruction; Laboratories; Position measurement; Radiofrequency interference; Scattering parameters; Surface reconstruction; Uncertainty;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/23.507231
  • Filename
    507231