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HK: Fachverband Physik der Hadronen und Kerne
HK 48: Poster
HK 48.50: Poster
Wednesday, March 25, 2015, 17:00–19:00, C/Foyer
Characterization of Compton camera LaBr3 absorber detector — •T. Marinsek1, S. Aldawood1,2, S. Liprandi1, J. Bortfeldt1, L. Maier3, C. Lang1, H. van der Kolff1,4, I. Castelhano1,5, R. Lutter1, G. Dedes1, R. Gernhäuser3, D. R. Schaart4, K. Parodi1, and P. G. Thirolf1 — 1LMU Munich, Garching, Germany — 2King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — 3TU Munich, Garching, Germany — 4TU Delft, The Netherlands — 5University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Detection of prompt γ rays from nuclear interactions between a particle beam and organic tissue using a Compton camera to determine the Bragg peak position is a promising way of ion-beam range verification in hadron therapy. The Compton camera consists of a stack of six double-sided Si-strip detectors acting as scatterers, while the other essential part - the absorber - is made of a LaBr3 monolithic scintillator crystal (50×50×30 mm3) with reflective side-surface wrapping, offering excellent time and energy resolution. Scintillation light induced in the crystal is detected by a 256-fold segmented multi-anode PMT. Prerequisite to reconstruct the γ source position is the determination of the photon interaction position in the crystal by applying "k-nearest neighbors" algorithm (van Dam et al., Nuclear Science (2011)) using the reference library of light distributions, obtained by performing a 2D scan of the detector using a strong collimated 137Cs source. The status of the spatial resolution characterization will be presented.
∗ Supported by the DFG Cluster of Excellence, MAP (Munich-centre for Advanced Photonics).