Compact readout electronics for position sensitive photomultiplier tubes
- 11 April 2005
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
- Vol. 52 (1), 21-27
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tns.2004.843134
Abstract
Two charge multiplexed readout schemes for position-sensitive photomultiplier tubes (PSPMTs) have been developed and evaluated. A two-stage split-charge method is compared to standard positional charge division. The resulting electronic circuits are highly compact and will be initially incorporated into a hand-held gamma ray imager for cancer staging. Electrical tests on the readout electronics are performed and intrinsic scintillation camera performance is evaluated using a 23 /spl times/ 23 array of pixilated 2 /spl times/ 2 /spl times/ 3 mm/sup 3/ LSO crystals coupled to a H8500 flat-panel PSPMT.Keywords
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