Strip interpolation in silicon and germanium strip detectors.
The position resolution of double-sided strip detectors is limited by the strip pitch and a reduction in strip pitch necessitates more electronics. Improved position resolution would improve the imaging capabilities of Compton telescopes and PET detectors. Digitizing the preamplifier waveform yields more information than can be extracted with regular shaping electronics. In addition to the energy, depth of interaction, and which strip was hit, the digitized preamplifier signals can locate the interaction position to less than the strip pitch of the detector by looking at induced signals in neighboring strips. This allows the position of the interaction to be interpolated in three dimensions and improve the imaging capabilities of the system. In a 2 mm thick silicon strip detector with a strip pitch of 0.891 mm, strip interpolation located the interaction of 356 keV gamma rays to 0.3 mm FWHM. In a 2 cm thick germanium detector with a strip pitch of 5 mm, strip interpolation of 356 keV gamma rays yielded a position resolution of 1.5 mm FWHM.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC); USDOD; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 925210
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/PHY/CP-114801; TRN: US0802284
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS-MIC2004); Oct. 16, 2004 - Oct. 22, 2004; Rome, Italy
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- ENGLISH
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