• DocumentCode
    814885
  • Title

    High Spacial Resolution CdTe Medical Probes

  • Author

    Entine, Gerald ; Serreze, Harvey B. ; Garcia, Daniel A.

  • Author_Institution
    Tyco Laboratories, Inc. Waltham, Massachusetts 02154
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1974
  • Firstpage
    726
  • Lastpage
    730
  • Abstract
    By taking advantage of the good energy resolution of CdTe detectors, gamma rays scattered by lead collimators can be rejected leading to excellent spacial resolution for medical probes. Since CdTe has over 100 times the photoelectric stopping power of Si at 140 keV (99mTc), the probe provides enough sensitivity that dental abscesses on the individual root tips of test animal teeth can be detected weeks before they are evident by radiographs.
  • Keywords
    Animals; Collimators; Dentistry; Energy resolution; Gamma ray detection; Gamma ray detectors; Gamma rays; Probes; Scattering; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1974.4327540
  • Filename
    4327540
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=814885