The history of Compton cameras began with the detection of radiation sources originally for
applications in astronomy. A Compton camera is a promising γ-ray detector that operates in …

Compton cameras have been developed for use in gamma-ray astronomy and nuclear
medicine. Their defining merit is that they do not need collimators; however, on the demerit …

Compton cameras use the kinematics of Compton scattering to construct a source image
without the use of collimators or masks. Compton telescopes were first built in the 1970s for …

X-ray and gamma-ray imaging are technologies with several applications in nuclear
medicine, homeland security, and high-energy astrophysics. However, it is generally difficult …

Due to advances in manufacturing large and highly segmented HPGe detectors along with
the availability of fast and high-precision digital electronics, it is now possible to build …

The Compton camera concept is based on the reconstruction of recorded Compton
scattering events of incoming gamma rays. The scattering of primary gamma ray occurs in …

Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is at present one of the major
techniques for non-invasive diagnostics in nuclear medicine. The clinical routine is mostly …

Compton imaging exploits inelastic scattering, known as Compton scattering, using a
Compton camera consisting of a scatterer detector in the front layer and an absorber …

The detection of gamma rays using a camera based on Compton scattering has become
widespread because of its sensitivity and efficiency. Apart from the challenge arising from …

Gamma-ray imagers with the potential for visualizing the distribution of radioactive materials
are required in the fields of astrophysics, medicine, nuclear applications, and homeland …