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Comparative Characterization Study of a LaBr3(Ce) Scintillation Crystal in Two Surface Wrapping Scenarios: Absorptive and Reflective

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Title
Comparative Characterization Study of a LaBr3(Ce) Scintillation Crystal in Two Surface Wrapping Scenarios: Absorptive and Reflective
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Frontiers in oncology, December 2015
DOI 10.3389/fonc.2015.00270
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Saad Aldawood, Ines Castelhano, Roman Gernhäuser, Hugh Van Der Kolff, Christian Lang, Silvia Liprandi, Rudolf Lutter, Ludwig Maier, Tim Marinšek, Dennis R. Schaart, Katia Parodi, Peter G. Thirolf

Abstract

The properties of a 50 mm × 50 mm × 30 mm monolithic LaBr3:Ce scintillator crystal coupled to a position-sensitive multi-anode photomultiplier (PMT, Hamamatsu H9500), representing the absorbing detector of a Compton camera under study for online ion (proton) beam range verification in hadron therapy, was evaluated in combination with either absorptive or reflective crystal surface coating. This study covered an assessment of the energy and position-dependent energy resolution, exhibiting a factor of 2.5-3.5 improvement for the reflectively wrapped crystal at 662 keV. The spatial dependency was investigated using a collimated (137)Cs source, showing a steep degradation of the energy resolution at the edges and corners of the absorptively wrapped crystal. Furthermore, the time resolution was determined to be 273 ps (FWHM) and 536 ps (FWHM) with reflective and absorptive coating, respectively, using a (60)Co source. In contrast, the light spread function (LSF) of the light amplitude distribution on the PMT segments improved for the absorptively wrapped detector. Both wrapping modalities showed almost no differences in the energy-dependent photopeak detection efficiency.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 17%
Researcher 5 17%
Student > Master 4 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 7%
Student > Bachelor 2 7%
Other 4 14%
Unknown 7 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Engineering 9 31%
Physics and Astronomy 8 28%
Computer Science 2 7%
Environmental Science 1 3%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 3%
Other 1 3%
Unknown 7 24%
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