The invention relates to a
Cherenkov radiation detection device and method. After ejecting
proton nuclides, positive electrons will move for a time period before
annihilation, and in the prior art, anexisting
detector cannot read position information and
energy information of a Cherenkov event accurately. The
Cherenkov radiation detection device comprises a photoelectric
detector module, a multi-case time
coincidence module and a Cherenkov even
estimation module. The
Cherenkov radiation detection method includes the steps that by placing a photoelectric
detector array, the counts of Cherenkovphotons, emitted by charge particles, ejected to the detector module and time of all the counts is read; time
coincidence is conducted on the read time; through relative positions of the photons in holes, the position where the Cherenkov event occurs is estimated. By the adoption of the Cherenkov
radiation detection device and method, the spatial resolution and the
imaging signal-to-
noise ratio of a component can be improved effectively, and the Cherenkov
radiation detection device and method are particularly suitable for living imaging, with the
low demand for imaging depth, of plants and others.