• DocumentCode
    822508
  • Title

    A High-Efficiency Multidetector System for Tumor Scanning

  • Author

    Kirby, J.A. ; Phelps, P.L. ; Armantrout, G.A. ; Sawyer, D. ; Beck, R.N.

  • Author_Institution
    Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, University of California Livermore, California 94550
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1976
  • Firstpage
    543
  • Lastpage
    548
  • Abstract
    A high-efficiency detector system developed especially for medical imaging has three speciall cut Ge(Li) coaxial detectors (total volume 249 cm3). At 122 keV, the peak efficiency is 93% of that of a 7.6 × 7.6 cm NaI (T1) detector. Degradation of the paralleled energy resolution is avoided and resolution is improved by 35% over that of conventional output-summing techniques by gating the detector outputs. In effect this multiplexes them to a single line output.
  • Keywords
    Biomedical imaging; Coaxial components; Detectors; Energy resolution; Germanium; Neoplasms; Preamplifiers; Signal resolution; Solid state circuits; Timing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1976.4328302
  • Filename
    4328302
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=822508