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A cryostat for medical imaging by a superheated, superconducting γ ray detector

✍ Scribed by J. Behar; D. Hueber; R. Jacoud; C. Valette; G. Waysand

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1980
Tongue
English
Weight
427 KB
Volume
20
Category
Article
ISSN
0011-2275

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✦ Synopsis

A method of detecting gamma rays which uses the first order transition of certain superconductors has been studied. This method may be used in scintigraphic medical imaging. The paper describes a cryostat used in the new method of detection, but a prototype has not yet been built for the complete system because the efficiency is too low. The method may also be used for metallurgical control of materials and in high energy physics as a transition radiation detector.

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