Published June 10, 1988 | Version v1
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A BaF2-MWPC gamma camera for positron emission tomography

Creators

  • 1. Technische Hogeschool Delft (Netherlands). Dept. of Applied Physics

Description

The construction and performance of a position sensitive detector for 511 keV annihilation radiation are described. The detector consists of a barium fluoride crystal sandwiched between two wire chambers which are operated with 45 and 500C TMAE vapour. Energy, time and position resolution are presented. The advantages and limitations of the detector are discussed. We also present some preliminary data on other UV scintillators. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A
Journal Volume
269
Journal Issue
2
Series
Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A.
Journal Page Range
377-384
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAE

Conference

Title
International symposium on the use of wire chambers in medical imaging.
Dates
28-30 Jun 1987.
Place
Corsendonk (Belgium).

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
19084782
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
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Conference
Descriptors DEI
BARIUM FLUORIDES; COUNTING CIRCUITS; DOPED MATERIALS; EMISSION SPECTRA; ENERGY RESOLUTION; GAMMA CAMERAS; GAMMA DETECTION; MONOCRYSTALS; MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBER; NEODYMIUM IONS; PHOSPHORS; POSITION SENSITIVE DETECTORS; POSITRON CAMERAS; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON DETECTION; PULSES; SCINTILLATIONS; SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIME RESOLUTION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRA; VISIBLE SPECTRA; YTTRIUM FLUORIDES
Descriptors DEC
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS; ATOMIC IONS; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CAMERAS; CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION; CHARGED PARTICLES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; DETECTION; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUORIDES; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HALIDES; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; IONS; MATERIALS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RESOLUTION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SPECTRA; TIMING PROPERTIES; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS