期刊
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE
卷 65, 期 8, 页码 2303-2309出版社
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2018.2853584
关键词
Active mask; Compton imaging; gamma-ray spectrometer; garnet; gadolinium-yttrium gallium-aluminum garnet (GYGAG); radiation detector; scintillator
资金
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office [IAA HSHQDC-12-X-00149]
- U.S. DOE by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory [DE-AC52-07NA27344]
We have developed a handheld gamma-ray spectrometer based on 1024 pixels, 2.8 mm x 2.8 mm x 6 mm in size, of gadolinium-yttrium-gallium-aluminum garnet (GYGAG) ((Gd,Y,Ce)(3)(Ga,Al)(5)O-12) ceramic scintillator (total of 48-cm(3) detector volume) coupled to silicon photodiode (SiPD) arrays. The SiPD arrays and readout ASIC, originally developed for medical imaging applications, have been adapted for portability in a lightweight box with heatsink and thermoelectric cooling. Custom readout firmware for gamma-ray spectroscopy has been implemented, and a system user interface was developed that runs on an Android tablet. We have optimized the processing of the GYGAG(Ce), the pixel optical coupling, and electronics readout parameters to obtain single pixel energy resolution as good as R(662 keV) = 3.1% full-width at half-maximum and full device resolution with singles events from all pixels summed of 4.5%. When Compton-summed events are included, full-energy peak efficiency increases by similar to 2x, and R(662 keV) = 4.7% is obtained for the full device. The pixelated architecture is leveraged to locate point sources of radiological materials using Compton imaging and active masking techniques. Directional detection of a 1 mCi Cs-137 source at 10 m can he made to +/- 10 degrees in similar to 2 s.
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