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Improved readout system for multi-crystal gamma cameras

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OSTI ID:5387534
A radioisotope camera having an array of scintillation crystals arranged in N rows and M columns and adapted to be struck by gamma-rays from a subject, a separate solid state photodetector optically coupled to each crystal, and N + M amplifiers connected to the photodetectors to distinguish the particular row and column of an activated photodetector. One of the anode or cathode leads of each photodetector is coupled to the row amplifier associated with the row containing that photodetector while the other of the two leads is coupled to the column amplifier associated with the column containing that photodetector.
Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy
Patent Number(s):
None
Application Number:
ON: DE86013746
OSTI ID:
5387534
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English