Title :
First tests of a liquid xenon multiwire drift chamber for PET
Author :
Chepel, V. Yu ; Lopes, M.I. ; Araujo, H.M. ; Marques, R. Ferreira ; Alves, M.A. ; Policarpo, A.J.
Author_Institution :
LIP, Coimbra Univ., Portugal
fDate :
30 Oct-5 Nov 1994
Abstract :
The prototype of a recently proposed liquid xenon drift chamber for PET with simultaneous detection of scintillation and ionization signal has been built. First tests of the chamber under irradiation by 511 keV γ-photons are reported
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; multiwire ionisation chambers; positron emission tomography; xenon; 511 keV; 511 keV γ-photons; PET; Xe; diagnostic nuclear medicine; ionization signal; liquid xenon multiwire drift chamber; medical instrumentation; scintillation signal; Electrons; Gamma ray detection; Gamma ray detectors; Ionization; Positron emission tomography; Preamplifiers; Solid scintillation detectors; Steel; Testing; Xenon;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1994., 1994 IEEE Conference Record
Conference_Location :
Norfolk, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2544-3
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.1994.474640
