• Title of article

    Development of CdTe pixel detectors for Compton cameras

  • Author/Authors

    Watanabe، نويسنده , , Shin and Tanaka، نويسنده , , Takaaki and Oonuki، نويسنده , , Kousuke and Mitani، نويسنده , , Takefumi and Takeda، نويسنده , , Shin’ichiro and Kishishita، نويسنده , , Tetsuichi and Nakazawa، نويسنده , , Kazuhiro and Takahashi، نويسنده , , Tadayuki and Kuroda، نويسنده , , Yoshikatsu and Onishi، نويسنده , , Mitsunobu، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
  • Pages
    4
  • From page
    150
  • To page
    153
  • Abstract
    We report our development of CdTe pixel detectors for Si/CdTe semiconductor Compton cameras. We have constructed a prototype of a Si/CdTe Compton camera, consisting of six layered double-sided silicon strip detectors and three CdTe pixel detectors. By using this prototype, we have demonstrated the concept of the Si/CdTe Compton cameras. We have successfully obtained Compton reconstructed images for 80–662 keV gamma-rays. The achieved angular resolution is about 4 degrees for 511 keV gamma-rays. The energy resolution is 14 keV (FWHM) at 511 keV. In order to improve the performance of the Compton camera, we have evaluated all CdTe pixel detectors we have constructed. We found that the I – V curve is helpful to select good detectors.
  • Keywords
    Gamma-ray detector , Compton telescope , Cadmium telluride (CdTe) , Silicon strip detector
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
  • Serial Year
    2006
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
  • Record number

    2201798