Monte Carlo calculations of a bismuth germanate scintillation detector

Intrinsic efficiency, radial distribution of deposited energy and other properties of importance were investigated for bismuth germanate slabs via Monte Carlo calculation. The calculations were done for different slab thicknesses in the range 1/8"-2", and over the energy range 140-999 keV. An examination of the data shows the possible advantage of the use of BGO as scintillation detector for high energy gamma ray and positron imaging. The data do not show very strong dependence of the image resolution on the thickness of the slab.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/24280/1/0000546.pd