Particle beam and X-ray imaging with thin CsI scintillating plates

Author

Cosentino, L. ; Finocchiaro, P.

Author_Institution

Lab. Nazionali del Sud, Ist. Nazionale di Fisica Nucl., Catania, Italy

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Abstract

At LNS-Catania, in the framework of digital radiography and ion beam diagnostics, the use of thin monocrystal scintillating plates, made from CsI(Tl), was allowed to obtain promising results, in terms of high sensitivity, compactness and handiness. In both techniques, a CCD camera is used to observe the light produced in the crystal, when it is crossed by X-rays for the radiography or by charged particles for the beam imaging. Spatial resolution (MTF) has been measured with X-rays, as a function of the plate thickness (100 μm÷2 mm) and particular care has been adopted in order to perform the imaging of low intensity radioactive beams (I_beam<10⁵ pps), that will be produced with the EXCYT facility of LNS

Keywords

caesium compounds; diagnostic radiography; radioactive ion beams; solid scintillation detectors; thallium; CCD camera; CsI(Tl); CsI:Tl; X-ray imaging; digital radiography; ion beam diagnostics; low intensity radioactive beams; particle beam imaging; thin CsI scintillating plates; thin monocrystal scintillating plates; Charge coupled devices; Charge-coupled image sensors; Diagnostic radiography; High-resolution imaging; Ion beams; Optical imaging; Particle beam measurements; Particle beams; Spatial resolution; X-ray imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2000 IEEE

Conference_Location

Lyon

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6503-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2000.949138

Filename

949138