A gamma-ray imaging camera for ambient radioactivity detection

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作者：
Altomare, C. [1 ,2 ]
Di Venere, L. [1 ]
Fanchini, E. [3 ]
Giordano, F. [1 ,2 ]
Loparco, F. [1 ,2 ]
Morichi, M. [3 ]
Pantaleo, F. R. [1 ,2 ]
Spinelli, P. [1 ,2 ]
Swiderski, L. [4 ]
机构：
[1] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bari, Bari, Italy
[2] Univ & Politecn Bari, Dipartimento Interateneo Fis, Bari, Italy
[3] CAEN Spa Viareggio, Viareggio, Italy
[4] Natl Ctr Nucl Res NCBJ, PL-05400 Otwock, Poland
来源：
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT | 2020年 / 981卷
关键词：
Gamma camera; Gamma imaging; Scintillator CsI(Tl); Silicon Photomultiplier SiPM;
D O I：
10.1016/j.nima.2020.164492
中图分类号：
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号：
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要：
The aim of this work is to design a camera for gamma-ray imaging based on the coded mask technique widely used in astrophysics. The camera proposed is a compact, lightweight instrument, ideal for real-time analysis, with a low power consumption. The proof of concept consist in 16 CsI(Tl) scintillators coupled to photo-multiplier tubes (PMTs) with a digital readout. The scintillators are arranged in a 4 x 4 matrix and packaged in a metallic frame. We used a 7 x 7 mask composed by transparent and opaque files to encode and decode a radioactive gamma-rays point source image through a reconstruction algorithm. The system was tested using gamma-ray radioactive sources placed at a fixed distance from the mask. The performance of the prototype camera in terms of energy and spatial resolution will be shown. An upgrade of this prototype will employ Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) in place of the PMTs. A comparison of the two configurations will be also provided.
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