Abstract

In this paper we describe a novel system for the tracking of charged particles, designed to achieve real-time imaging, large detection areas and high spatial resolution especially suitable for use in medical diagnostic. A prototype of this tracker, having a 20 × 20 cm <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sup> sensitive area, consisting of two crossed ribbons of 500 11m square scintillating fibers has been developed. The track position information is extracted real time in an innovative way, using a reduced number of read-out channels to obtain very large detection area with enough moderate costs and complexity. The performances of the tracker have been investigated using both β sources and cosmic rays and finally with a 62 MeV proton beam.

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