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http://dx.doi.org/10.14407/jrp.2012.37.4.191

Preliminary Study of Performance Evaluation of a Dual-mode Compton Camera by Using Geant4  

Park, Jin Hyung (Department of Nuclear Engineering Hanyang University)
Seo, Hee (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Kim, Seoung Hoon (Department of Radiation Oncology Hanyang University Hospital)
Kim, Young Soo (Department of Nuclear Engineering Hanyang University)
Kim, Chan Hyeong (Department of Nuclear Engineering Hanyang University)
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Journal of Radiation Protection and Research / v.37, no.4, 2012 , pp. 191-196 More about this Journal
Abstract
A double-scattering type Compton camera which is appropriate to imaging a high-energy gamma source has been developed for nuclear material surveillance at Hanyang University. The double-scattering type Compton camera can provide high imaging resolution; however, it has disadvantage of relatively low imaging sensitivity than existing single-scattering type Compton camera. In this study, we introduce a novel concept of a dual-mode Compton camera which incorporates two different types of Compton camera, i.e., single- and double-scattering type. The dual-mode Compton camera can operate high-resolution mode and high-sensitivity mode in a single system. To maximize its performance, the geometrical configuration was optimized by using Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation toolkit. In terms of imaging sensitivity, high-sensitivity mode had higher sensitivity than high-resolution mode up to 100 times while high imaging resolution of the double-scattering Compton camera was maintained.
Keywords
Compton camera; Dual-mode; Nuclear material surveillance; Geant4;
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