Delay Line Readouts for High Purity Germanium Medical Imaging Cameras

Abstract

High purity germanium offers excellent potential for use in nuclear medical imaging cameras. A position and energy readout technique using two inexpensive delay lines has been developed for these cameras. Results obtained with a 1-cm2 , 4 mm deep, 5×5 strip high purity germanium detector are 2.1 mm full width spatial resolution, a measured single strip resolution of 0.65 mm full width half maximum (FWHM), a 25 element uncollimated energy resolution of 2.95 keV FWHM, and 2.65 keV FWHM for a single central element at 140 keV.