Bayerlein, Reimund: Coincident detection of Cherenkov photons for medical applications. 2020
Content
- Contents
- Abstract
- Zusammenfassung
- 1. Introduction
- Part I. Thematic Classification
- 2. Particle and Photon Interactions in Matter
- 3. Photon Detection in Medical Applications
- 4. Single Photon Detectors
- Part II.Concept and Proof of Principle
- 5. Detection of Electrons Using Cherenkov Light
- 6. Set-Up and Detector Components
- 6.1. Overview
- 6.2. Signal Read-Out Using an SiPM Timing Chip (STiC)
- 6.3. Charge Sensitive Read-Out Using a 4GHz Oscilloscope
- 6.4. Silicon Photomultiplier Array
- 6.5. Radiator Materials
- 7. Theoretical Expectations
- 7.1. Estimation of the Number of Generated Cherenkov Photons
- 7.2. Estimation of the Number of Detected Photons
- 7.3. Applications
- 7.4. Discussion
- 8. First Measurements to Prove the Principle
- 8.1. Coincident Detection of Cherenkov Photons
- 8.2. Photon Counting Using Charge Integration
- 8.3. Results
- 8.4. Conclusion on the Proof of Principle
- 9. Improved Set-Up UsingTOFPET2-ASIC
- 10. Coincident Detection of Cherenkov Photons on 64 Channels
- 10.1. Measurement and Analysis Procedure
- 10.2. Distribution of Coincident Cherenkov Photons
- 10.3. Timing Corrections
- 10.4. Contribution of Random Coincidences
- 11. Counting Coincident Cherenkov Photons
- 11.1. Relation between Time over Threshold and Number of Detected Photons
- 11.2. Calibration Procedure
- 11.3. Application to Measurements
- 11.4. Applicability to Electron Energy Measurements
- Part III. Applicability to Photon Detection
- 12. Detection of 511 keV Photons
- 12.1. Dual-Face Coincidence Set-Up
- 12.2. Data Processing and Analysis Method
- 12.3. Detector Configuration and Parameter Setting
- 12.4. Characteristics of the Coincidence Measurement
- 12.5. Efficiency Estimation for the Detection of 511 keV Photons
- 12.6. Comparison to Simulation Results
- 12.7. Further Measurements with the Cherenkov Detector
- 12.8. Summary of the Detection of 511 keV Photons
- 13. Summary and Outlook
- A. Addendum
- A.1. Tables and Values
- A.2. Calculation of Statistical Uncertainties
- A.3. Number of Detected Photons per Sample Thickness
- A.4. Log File in Dual-Face Detector Analysis
- B. List of Abbreviations
- C. List of Figures
- D. List of Tables
- References
- Acknowledgements