Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 42, Issue 24, 2411002(2022)

Development of Imaging System of Array Compton Camera for Nuclear Decommissioning Scenarios

Xin Liu1,2, Peng Feng1、*, Zhiyang Yao3, Song Zhang1,2, Yikun Qian1,2, Yixin Liu2, Jian Wu2, Yonggang Yuan2, Jinhui Qu2, and Yanjun Bai1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronic Technology & Systems, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University,Chongqing 400044, China
  • 2Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, Sichuan , China
  • 3Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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    This paper designs and develops a Compton camera system suitable for nuclear decommissioning scenarios with a detector containing a 23×23 array of cerium-doped gadolinium aluminum gallium garnet [GAGG(Ce)] and row/column readout circuits. The detector is composed of an array of GAGG(Ce) coupled with silicon photomultipliers (Si-PMs). A subset-driven origin ensemble iteration (SOE) algorithm based on graphics processing unit (GPU) acceleration is developed to accelerate the reconstruction process. After development is completed, the detector performance and system performance are evaluated. In terms of detector performance, the energy resolution and position resolution of the developed camera are 6%±0.6% at 662 keV (full width at half maximum) and 2.2 mm, respectively. The detector also exhibits favorable energy linearity (goodness of linear fit R2=0.991). Regarding imaging performance, the initial imaging of a 137Cs point source with an activity of 1.11×107 Bq takes only 20 s when it is placed at 3.4 m in front of the imaging system. The angular resolution of the imaging system is 7°@JND (just noticeable difference). Finally, a simulation is carried out in the application scenario. The results show that the Compton camera developed in this paper can simultaneously image and position multiple radioactive sources within the π field of view. It can be used in radioactivity measurement in nuclear decommissioning to reduce the exposure dose of operators.

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    Xin Liu, Peng Feng, Zhiyang Yao, Song Zhang, Yikun Qian, Yixin Liu, Jian Wu, Yonggang Yuan, Jinhui Qu, Yanjun Bai. Development of Imaging System of Array Compton Camera for Nuclear Decommissioning Scenarios[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2022, 42(24): 2411002

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    Paper Information

    Category: Imaging Systems

    Received: Sep. 5, 2022

    Accepted: Oct. 27, 2022

    Published Online: Dec. 14, 2022

    The Author Email: Feng Peng (coe-fp@cqu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202242.2411002

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