Planispherical parallax-free X-ray imager based on the gas electron multiplier

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PATENT NO 6198798
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09150046

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A parallax-free X-ray imager in which a parallel X-ray beam is directed to a crystal for illuminating an entrance window is formed in a vessel filled with an ionizing gas in which primary electrons are generated. A spherical conversion volume chamber is formed by the entrance window and a first and a second parallel electrodes are adapted to generate electrical equipotential surfaces of spherical shape allowing the primary electrons to drift along corresponding radial field lines. A third electrode parallel with the second electrode is provided so as to form a gas electron multiplier structure consisting of a matrix of electric field condensing areas which are adapted to operate as an amplifier of the primary electrons through an avalanche phenomenon. A signal readout electrode is provided to allow a bi-dimensional readout in the absence of parallax readout phenomenon.

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EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH1211 GENÈVE 23

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Sauli, Fabio Geneva, CH 4 98

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