First demonstration of a Compton gamma imager based on silicon photomultipliers
2012
Abstract We are developing a rugged and person-transportable Compton gamma imager for use in security investigations of radioactive materials, and for radiological incident remediation. The imager is composed of layers of scintillator with light collection for the forward layers provided by
silicon photomultipliersand for the rear layer by
photomultipliertubes. As a first step, we have developed a 1/5th-scale demonstration unit of the final imager. We present the imaging performance of this demonstration unit for 137 Cs at angles of up to 30° off-axis. Results are also presented for 113 Sn and 22 Na. This represents the first demonstration of the use of
silicon photomultipliersas an embedded component for light collection in a Compton gamma imager.
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