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Feasibility Study of Compton Imaging for PGAA

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Author(s)

Heather H. Chen-Mayer, Steven Brown, Hao Yang

Abstract

We are developing a one-sided tomographic method for imaging prompt gamma rays, without moving the source, sample, or detector, in a standard prompt gamma activation analysis (PGAA) setting. Dual-plane pixelated CZT detectors developed from a commercial system with external timing synchronization electronics are used to measure prompt gamma rays that are scattered in the first plane and subsequently absorbed in the second plane. Tomographic images have been reconstructed from the 2.2 MeV gamma rays from H in 3-mm plastic balls using inter-plane events for the first time, demonstrating the feasibility of spatially resolving mm scale H features.
Proceedings Title
Special Issue of J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem.: RANC-2019
Conference Dates
May 5-10, 2019
Conference Location
Budapest, HU
Conference Title
2nd International Conference on Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Keywords

prompt gamma activation analysis (PGAA), Compton imaging, spatially resolved PGAA

Citation

Chen-Mayer, H. , Brown, S. and Yang, H. (2019), Feasibility Study of Compton Imaging for PGAA, Special Issue of J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem.: RANC-2019, Budapest, HU (Accessed January 19, 2025)

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Created October 1, 2019, Updated October 3, 2024