@Article{Llosa_etal2011,
author="Llosa, G.
and Barrio, J.
and Lacasta, C.
and Callier, S.
and Raux, L.
and de La Taille, C.",
title="First tests in the application of silicon photomultiplier arrays to dose monitoring in hadron therapy",
journal="Nuclear Instruments {\&} Methods in Physics Research A",
year="2011",
publisher="Elsevier Science Bv",
volume="648",
pages="S96-S99",
optkeywords="Hadron therapy; Compton imaging; LaBr3; Continuous crystal; SiPM; MPPC; G-APD",
abstract="A detector head composed of a continuous LaBr3 crystal coupled to a silicon photomultiplier array has been mounted and tested, for its use in a Compton telescope for dose monitoring in hadron therapy. The LaBr3 crystal has 16 mm x 18 mm x 5 mm size, and it is surrounded with reflecting material in five faces. The SiPM array has 16 (4 x 4) elements of 3 mm x 3 mm size. The SPIROC1 ASIC has been employed as readout electronics. The detector shows a linear behavior up to 1275 keV. The energy resolution obtained at 511 keV is 7{\%} FWHM, and it varies as one over the square root of the energy up to the energies tested. The variations among the detector channels are within 12{\%}. A preliminary measurement of the timing resolution gives 7 ns FWHM. The spatial resolution obtained with the center of gravity method is 1.2 mm FWHM. The tests performed confirm the correct functioning of the detector.",
optnote="WOS:000305376900026",
optnote="exported from refbase (https://references.ific.uv.es/refbase/show.php?record=1068), last updated on Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:52:23 +0000",
issn="0168-9002",
doi="10.1016/j.nima.2010.12.092",
opturl="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2010.12.092",
language="English"
}