2002/01/25 by S. V. Naydenov, Naydenov, S. V., V. D. Ryzhikov +2
Engineering · Medicine · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging #FOS: Physical sciences #Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) #Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications #Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies #physics.ins-det
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/0201049
8 pages, no figures
arxiv created 2002/01/25 · openalex publication_date 2002/01/25 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The development prospects of a scintillator-photodiode type detector with an improved energy resolution attaining few per cent, R from 1 to 2%, are considered. The main resolution components have been analyzed theoretically, their theoretical and physical limits have been established. Empirical data on the properties of novel scintillators have been presented confirming the possibility of the R improvement. New optimization methods have been proposed to optimize the detector statistical fluctuations and the scintillator intrinsic resolution. A specific importance of the intrinsic resolution is shown as a limiting threshold factor at the ionizing radiation energy values from 662 keV to 10 MeV and over.