Large-area PSPMT based gamma-ray imager with edge reclamation
We describe a coded aperture, gamma-ray imager which uses a CsI(Na) scintillator coupled to an Hamamatsu R3292 position-sensitive photomultiplier tube (PSPMT) as the position-sensitive detector. We have modified the normal resistor divider readout of the PSPMT to allow use of nearly the full 10 cm diameter active area of the PSPMT with a single scintillator crystal one centimeter thick. This is a significant performance improvement over that obtained with the standard readout technique where the linearity and position resolution start to degrade at radii as small as 3.5 cm with a crystal 0.75 crn thick. This represents a recovery of over 60% of the PSPMT active area. The performance increase allows the construction of an imager with a field of view 20 resolution elements in diameter with useful quantum efficiency from 60-700 keV. In this paper we describe the readout technique, its implementation in a coded aperture imager and the performance of that imager.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 15004016
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC-138661; TRN: US201015%%263
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 1; Conference: 2000 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Lyon, France, Oct 15 - Oct 20, 2000
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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