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B. Sowicki

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Development of silicon pad detectors and readout electronics for a Compton camera

2003

Abstract Applications in nuclear medicine and bio-medical engineering may profit using a Compton camera for imaging distributions of radio-isotope labelled tracers in organs and tissues. These applications require detection of photons using thick position-sensitive silicon sensors with the highest possible energy and good spatial resolution. In this paper, research and development on silicon pad sensors and associated readout electronics for a Compton camera are presented. First results with low-noise, self-triggering VATAGP ASIC's are reported. The measured energy resolution was 1.1 keV FWHM at room temperature for the 241 Am photo-peak at 59.5 keV .

PhysicsNuclear and High Energy Physicsmedicine.medical_specialtyPhotonSiliconPhysics::Instrumentation and Detectorsbusiness.industryAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaDetectorCompton scatteringchemistry.chemical_elementParticle detectorSemiconductor detectorOpticschemistryMeasuring instrumentmedicineMedical physicsbusinessInstrumentationImage resolutionNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
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Silicon detector for a Compton camera in nuclear medical imaging

2002

Electronically collimated gamma ca\-me\-ras based on Com\-pton scattering in silicon pad sensors may improve imaging in nuclear medicine and bio-medical research. The work described here concentrates on the silicon pad detector developed for a prototype Compton camera. The silicon pad sensors are read out using low noise VLSI CMOS chips and novel fast triggering chips. Depending on the application a light weight and dense packaging of sensors and its readout electronics on a hybrid is required. We describe the silicon pad sensor and their readout with the newly designed hybrid. %The silicon detector of a Compton camera %may contain up to $10^5$~analogue channels requiring %a fast and low co…

PhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsSiliconbusiness.industryPhysics::Instrumentation and DetectorsAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaDetectorCompton scatteringchemistry.chemical_elementChipCollimated lightData acquisitionNuclear Energy and EngineeringCMOSchemistryElectronic engineeringOptoelectronicsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringImage sensorDetectors and Experimental Techniquesbusiness
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AGATA-Advanced GAmma Tracking Array

2012

WOS: 000300864200005

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhysics - Instrumentation and DetectorsPulse-shape and gamma-ray tracking algorithmsFOS: Physical sciencesSemiconductor detector performance and simulationsIntegrated circuit[PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]Tracking (particle physics)gamma-Ray tracking01 natural sciencesPulse-shape and γ-ray tracking algorithmslaw.inventionData acquisitionlaw0103 physical sciencesddc:530[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det]Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)010306 general physicsγ-Ray spectroscopyNuclear ExperimentInstrumentationDigital signal processingEvent reconstructiongamma-Ray spectroscopyPhysicssezeleSpectrometerSpectrometers010308 nuclear & particles physicsbusiness.industryDetectorAGATA Digital signals HPGe detectors Pulse-shape Ray trackingHPGe detectorsAlgorithms Crystals Germanium Semiconductor detectors Signal processing Spectrometry Tracking (position)γ-Ray trackingInstrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)Digital signal processingAGATAFísica nuclearbusinessAGATAComputer hardware
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