ELogs/FernandoFelix

Electronic Log for Fernando Franco Felix.

To do

• How are photodiodes used in CT scans
• Sign NDA with TI to get the resistance
• Use the resistance to calculate maximum photodiode current in all photodiodes of interest
• Write progress report
• Design circuit diagram of ADC and Photodiode
• Design physical arrangement of photodiodes in the telescopic calorimeter
• Order photodiodes and ADC
• Build device
• Test device
• Write research essay

Studying

• Radiology
• Quantum Field Theory
• Quantum Computing

Completed

• How Proton Therapy works
• How photodiodes work
• Talk with Hamamatsu representative
• Photodiodes of interest
• Get the expected photon properties
• Get proton effects in scintillators (Cherenkov Radiation)
• Single Proton Signal
• Noise in Photodiodes
• Minimal detectable signal for all photodiodes of interest
• How to connect diodes to ACD
• Contact TI about NDA