Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas

Universitat Politécnica De Valência

Victor Ilisie

JosE Maria Benlloch Baviera

Antonio Javier Gonzalez Martinez

Filomeno Sanchez Martinez

John Barrio Toala

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

The invention relates to a device for the detection of gamma rays coming from a source without image truncation and without image overlapping, comprising, at least, two detection cells and each of said cells comprising a detection space adapted to receive the gamma rays that penetrate through an opening, wherein said detection space comprises one or more detection assemblies, with some of said assemblies being positioned such that they stand in the way of the gamma rays coming into the overlap volume thereof.

Device for the detection of gamma rays with active partitions

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