Mini Compton camera based on an array of Frisch-grid CdZnTe detectors

Wonho Lee, Aleksey Bolotnikov, Taewoong Lee, Giuseppe Camarda, Yonggang Cui, Rubi Gul, Anwar Hossain, Utpal Roy, Ge Yang, Ralph James

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    Abstract

    We constructed a mini Compton camera based on an array of CdZnTe detectors and assessed its spectral and imaging properties. The entire array consisted of 6×6 Frisch-grid CdZnTe detectors, each with a size of 6×6×15 mm3. Since it is easier and more practical to grow small CdZnTe crystals rather than large monolithic ones, constructing a mosaic array of parallelepiped crystals can be an effective way to build a more efficient, large-volume detector. With the fully operational CdZnTe array, we measured the energy spectra for 133Ba-, 137Cs-, 60Co-radiation sources; we also located these sources using a Compton imaging approach. Although the Compton camera was small enough to hand-carry, its intrinsic efficiency was several orders higher than those generated in previous research using spatially separated scintillator arrays, because our camera measured the interactions inside the CZT detector array, wherein the detector elements were positioned very close to each other.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication2014 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2014
    PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
    ISBN (Electronic)9781479960972
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016 Mar 10
    EventIEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2014 - Seattle, United States
    Duration: 2014 Nov 82014 Nov 15

    Publication series

    Name2014 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2014

    Other

    OtherIEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2014
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CitySeattle
    Period14/11/814/11/15

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This work was supported by U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research & Development, DNN R&D, U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and BNL's Technology Maturation Award. The manuscript has been authored by Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC under Contract no. DE-AC02-98CH1-886 with the U. S. Department of Energy. This work was supported by the BK21plus (21A20132212094) and National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant (2012M2AA401092) funded by the Korean government (MEST).

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2014 IEEE.

    Keywords

    • CdZnTe
    • Compton Camera
    • Electronic Collimation
    • Frisch-Grid

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
    • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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