• DocumentCode
    863480
  • Title

    Advantageous Use of New Dual Rectangular Photomultiplier Tube for Positron CT

  • Author

    Uchida, H. ; Yamashita, Y. ; Yamashita, T. ; Hayashi, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Hamamatsu TV Co., Ltd. 1126-1 Ichino-cho Hamamatsu City, Japan
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1983
  • Firstpage
    451
  • Lastpage
    454
  • Abstract
    A new dual rectangular photomultiplier tube (PMT) developed for the positron CT is discussed in comparison with the conventional small-diameter PMT. A matching in shape between the scintillator and the PMT is an important factor to obtain good time resolution. The new PMTs have coincidence time resolution less than 3 ns in FWHM coupled to 12 mm (wide) x 24 mm (high) x 24 mm (long) BGO scintillators for 511 keV annihilation ¿-rays while resolution of the conventional small-diameter PMTs is around 5 ns in FWHM.
  • Keywords
    Cities and towns; Fresnel reflection; Optical coupling; Optical reflection; Photomultipliers; Positrons; Pulse measurements; Spatial resolution; TV; Timing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1983.4332309
  • Filename
    4332309
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=863480