Development of a Compton camera for medical applications based on silicon strip and scintillation detectors
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A Compton camera is being developed for the purpose of ion-range monitoring during hadrontherapy via the detection of prompt-gamma rays. The system consists of a scintillating fiber beam tagging hodoscope, a stack of double sided silicon strip detectors (90×90×2 mm, 2×64 strips) as scatter detectors, as well as bismuth germanate (BGO) scintillation detectors (38×35×30 mm, 100 blocks) as absorbers. The individual components will be described, together with the status of their characterization.
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