High resolution detector array for gamma-ray imaging
US5719400A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 7, 1995 |
| Grant date | Feb 17, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 7, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01T1/2985
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A gamma ray detection and locating system comprising an array of scintillator crystals connected to a multichannel photomultiplier tube by discrete optical fibers, each fiber connecting a single crystal to a corresponding specific location on the face of the photomultiplier tube. Also described is an improved system for identifying the location of specific electrodes in the photomultiplier tube receiving electrons generated by photons flowing from the crystal along the fiber to the tube.
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