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IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE
卷 67, 期 8, 页码 1929-1933出版社
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2020.3006741
关键词
B-10; CsI:Tl; microcolumnar scintillator; neutron radiography; neutron-computed tomography
High-resolution neutron imaging is difficult, due to the low-light output of neutron scintillators, and the spread of light within common neutron-sensitive scintillators as well as the spread of intermediate particles occurring during the detection process. To address this issue, we have developed a high-resolution scintillator for neutron imaging by combining enriched B-10 with the well-known CsI:Tl scintillator films. CsI:Tl has excellent properties for X-ray imaging applications, due to a high light yield of 60 000 photons/MeV, and high spatial resolution, which derives from its microcolumnar structure, which channels scintillation light to the photodetector. To enable CsI:Tl to detect neutrons, B-10 (96% enriched) was deposited by electron beam directly onto the CsI:Tl film, making a layered scintillator structure in which the alphas produced by the neutron interaction with B-10 are detected in the CsI:Tl. The B-10 layer was approximately 3 mu m thick, while the thickness of the CsI:Tl film was 11 mu m. These novel layered scintillators were integrated into the high-resolution neutron imaging detector [Paul Scherer Institute (PSI) Neutron Microscope] at the Pulse OverLap DIffractometer (POLDI) beamline at the PSI. With our B-10/CsI:Tl scintillator, we were able to achieve a spatial resolution down to 9 mu m. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the layered scintillator, we present results obtained by thermal neutron imaging as well as high-resolution neutron-computed tomography. Finally, we believe there is considerable scope for future optimization of the performance of this system.
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