22–26 May 2017
Temple University - Philadelphia
US/Eastern timezone

Gas scintillation Glass GEM detector for high-resolution X-ray imaging and CT

22 May 2017, 15:50
20m
Morgan Hall D301 (Temple University - Philadelphia)

Morgan Hall D301

Temple University - Philadelphia

Morgan Hall, 1398 Cecil B. Moore Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA

Speaker

Takeshi Fujiwara (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology )

Description

A high resolution X-ray imaging gaseous detector has been successfully developed with Glass GEM. The imaging system consists of a chamber filled with scintillating gas (Ar/CF4, Kr/CF4, Xe/CF4), inside of which Glass GEM (G-GEM) is mounted for high gain gas multiplication. Since the gas gain of the G-GEM is much higher compared to conventional GEMs, ultra high yield scintillation photons are produced during the avalanche process. These photons can be easily detected by a mirror-lens-CCD-camera system and a high resolution X-ray radiograph is formed. We demonstrate X-ray imaging performance of Glass GEM based X-ray imager with 20 - 60 kV X-ray tube, and combination of various gas (Ar/CF4, Kr/CF4, Xe/CF4). High spatial resolution, high speed image forming and 3D CT is also demonstrated.

Primary author

Takeshi Fujiwara (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology )

Co-authors

Yuki Mitsuya (The University of Tokyo) Prof. Hiroyuki Takahashi (The University of Tokyo) Dr Hiroyuki Toyokawa (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST))

Presentation materials