Title :
High spatial resolution γ-camera devoted to characterization of electrical response in HPGe segmented detectors
Author :
Hernández-Prieto, A. ; Quintana, B. ; Barrientos, D.
Author_Institution :
Lab. de Radiaciones Ionizantes, Univ. of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
Abstract :
Characterization of the electrical response of the HPGe segmented detectors is one of the current goals for the Nuclear Physics community in order to perform γ-ray tracking or even imaging with these detectors. For this purpose, scanning devices have to be developed to achieve the signal-position association with the highest precision. In our laboratory, a new scanning system, SALSA, acronym of SAlamanca Lyso-based Scanning Array, consisting on a high spatial resolution γ camera is under development. In this work the SALSA system is presented and the results for the characterization of the γ camera are shown.
Keywords :
cameras; gamma-ray detection; germanium radiation detectors; photomultipliers; position sensitive particle detectors; scintillation counters; HPGe segmented detectors; SALSA system; SAlamanca Lyso-based Scanning Array; electrical response; gamma-ray tracking; high spatial resolution gamma camera; nuclear physics community; pixilated position-sensitive photomultiplier tube; position sensitive gamma-ray scintillator detector; scanning devices; scanning system; signal-position association; Artificial intelligence; Pixilated Position-Sensitive PhotoMultiplier Tube (PSPMT); Position Sensitive γ-ray scintillator Detector (PSD); SAlamanca Lyso-based Scanning Array (SALSA);
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Valencia
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0118-3
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6154357