SCINTIGRAPHIC DETECTION DEVICE WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF COMPACTNESS AND SIMPLIFIED ELECTRONICS

Described is a scintigraphic detection device with a high degree of compactness and simplified electronics, including a scintillation structure, a collimator, an optoelectronic unit associated with the scintillation structure for converting photons into electrical signals and an electronic processing unit connected to the optoelectronic unit for processing the electrical signals generated by the optoelectronic unit, wherein the optoelectronic unit includes a plurality of individual optoelectronic conversion elements of the SiPM or MPPC type each associated with a respective collimation channel and having a surface below the transversal surface of the respective collimation channel, and wherein between each optoelectronic conversion element and the scintillation structure there is an optical guide configured for conveying and for converging the photons generated by a corresponding portion of the scintillation structure towards the optoelectronic conversion element.