Patent ID: 9097808
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: G01T

Abstract:
1. A radiation detector comprising: a scintillator for generating electromagnetic radiation in response to action of incident radiation, wherein the scintillator has two mutually opposite end faces and a lateral wall between the two mutually opposite end faces; a photocathode section arranged on the lateral wall of the scintillator, the photocathode section being configured to generate electrons in response to action of the electromagnetic radiation generated by the scintillator; a microchannel plate having a plurality of channels for multiplying the electrons generated by the photocathode section; and a detection device for detecting the electrons multiplied by the microchannel plate, wherein the scintillator is configured in a parallelepipedal fashion and has four lateral walls between the end faces, and wherein a photocathode section for generating electrons is arranged on each of the four lateral walls of the scintillator.