| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1831233 | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment | 2006 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
An optical imaging capillary plate (CP) gas detector has been successfully developed for a gas mixture of Ar+CF4. Gas gains of up to 104 can be achieved with a single CP. Scintillation light simultaneously emitted during the development of electron avalanches can be observed using a photomultiplier tube (PMT) and optical imaging system which consists of a CP gas detector and a cooled CCD camera coupled to lens optics. The energy resolutions obtained for the charge signal and the light signal were 22% and 24% for 10Â keV X-rays, respectively. Using the optical imaging system, clearer images of X-rays have been obtained with the gas mixture. Successful operation with this gas mixture has allowed us to realise a novel-imaging device with CP for X-ray imaging, cold neutron imaging, medical imaging, and cellular function analysis.
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Authors
Fuyuki Tokanai, Takuji Atsumi, Tetsuro Endo, Yoshio Fujita, Yasuo Ohishi, Teruyuki Okada, Hirohisa Sakurai, Shuichi Gunji, Shunji Kishimoto,