- Covers basic principles to essential applications
- Details all major detector types
- Gives deep insight into many applications from homeland security to medical physics with emphasis on nuclear medicine
This handbook covers the fundamental principles of interactions of particles with matter and of most types of detectors used in many fields of physics, starting from particle physics, nuclear physics up to recent experiments for solid state physics.
In this second edition chapters are updated to include the most recent developments in detector physics and additional chapters on new types of detectors, like silicon photomultipliers, have been added. In addition the section about medical applications has been extended. All major detector types are described in detail by leading experts in these fields. It also gives deep insight into many applications from homeland security over radiation protection to a whole section about medical physics with strong emphasis on nuclear medicine.
The book is suited to achieve a deep knowledge in the field of detector physics and imaging. It can also be used as a reference book to look up the working principles of a given detector type and to get an overview of state-of-the-art applications of the various detector types. It is also helpful for practitioners in nuclear medicine and radiology as it summarizes all detector types in this field and the basic working principles of these detectors. The area of radiation therapy is also covered in detail taking into account the most recent developments.
Table of Contents- Interactions of Particles and Radiation with Matter Electronics
Part IElectronics
Part IIData Analysis - Statistics
- Particle Identification
- Accelerators for Particle Physics
- Synchrotron Radiation and FEL Instrumentation
- Calibration of Radioactive Sources
- Radiation Protection
- Gaseous Detectors
- Tracking Detectors
- Photon Detectors
- Neutrino Detectors
- Scintillation Counters
- Semiconductor Counters
- Silicon Photomultiplyers
- Gamma-Ray Detectors
- Cherenkov Counters
- Muon Spectrometers
- Calorimeters
- New Solid State Detectors
- Radiation Damage Effects
- Astrophysics and Space Instrumentation
- Indirect Detection of Cosmic Rays
- Gravitational wave detectors
- Technology for Border Security
- Homeland security
- Accelerator Mass Spectrometry and its Applications in Archaeology, Geology, and Environmental Research
- Geoscientific Applications of Particle Detection and Imaging Techniques with Special Focus on the Monitoring Clay Mineral Reactions
- Particle Detectors Used in Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry, with Applications in Geology, Environmental Science and Nuclear Forensics
- Particle Detectors in Materials Science
- Spallation - Neutrons Beyond Nuclear Fission
- Neutron Detection
- Instrumentation for Nuclear Fusion
- The Use of Neutron Technology in Archaeological and Cultural Heritage Research
- Radiation Detectors and Art
- Radiation-Based Medical Imaging Techniques: An Overview
- CT Imaging: Basics and New Trends
- SPECT Imaging: Basics and New Trends
- PET Imaging: Basics and New Trends
- Image Reconstructionmulti imaging devices
- Motion Compensation in Emission Tomography
- Quantitative Image Analysis in Tomography
- Compartmental Modeling in Emission Tomography
- Evaluation and Image Quality in Radiation-Based Medical Imaging
- Simulation of Medical Imaging Systems: Emission and Transmission Tomography
- High-Resolution and Animal Imaging Instrumentation and Techniques
- Imaging Instrumentation and Techniques for Precision Radiotherapy
- Tumor Therapy with Ion Beams
- Ion Beam profile measurements
