Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas

Universitat Politécnica De Valência

Universitat De Valéncia

John Barrio Toala

JosE Maria Benlloch Baviera

Antonio Javier Gonzalez Martinez

Victor Ilisie

Carlos Lacasta Llácer

Gabriela Dolores Llosá Llácer

Efthymios Lamprou

A device for the detection of gamma rays presents a high resolution in the three-dimensional position of the impact of the gamma ray within one or more scintillation crystal blocks coupled to an array of photosensors, for the determination of the impact energy of said gamma ray, the determination of the instant in time when said impact occurred, the interaction depth and the determination of the time-of-flight. Advantageously, in said device, the scintillation crystal detection blocks are optically isolated, in such a way that the scintillation light can only exit said blocks via the output region; and the scintillation crystal detection blocks and the array of photosensors are disposed in direct optical coupling.

Device for the detection of gamma rays with interaction depth and time-of-flight encoding

A device for detecting photons and charged particles includes a first photon-detecting panel, which causes a Compton scattering of incident radiation with charged particles, such that the wavelength thereof increases, losing part of their energy, generating a signal. A central charged particle-detecting panel, following the first photon-detecting panel on a side opposite that of the incident radiation, identifies charged particles generated in the first photon-detecting panel, generating a signal. A second photon-detecting panel, follows the central charged particle-detecting panel on a side opposite that of the first photon-detecting panel. Scattered photons and/or charged particles are generated in the first photon-detecting panel interact, generating a signal.

Device and method for detecting photons and charged particles and use of same

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John Barrio Toala