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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.net.2021.05.016

Lost gamma source detection algorithm based on convolutional neural network  

Fathi, Atefeh (Department of Physics, K.N. Toosi University of Technology)
Masoudi, S. Farhad (Department of Physics, K.N. Toosi University of Technology)
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Nuclear Engineering and Technology / v.53, no.11, 2021 , pp. 3764-3771 More about this Journal
Abstract
Based on the convolutional neural network (CNN), a novel technique is investigated for lost gamma source detection in a room. The CNN is trained with the result of a GEANT4 simulation containing a gamma source inside a meshed room. The dataset for the training process is the deposited energy in the meshes of different n-step paths. The neural network is optimized with parameters such as the number of input data and path length. Based on the proposed method, the place of the gamma source can be recognized with reasonable accuracy without human intervention. The results show that only by 5 measurements of the energy deposited in a 5-step path, (5 sequential points 50 cm apart within 1600 meshes), the gamma source location can be estimated with 94% accuracy. Also, the method is tested for the room geometry containing the interior walls. The results show 90% accuracy with the energy deposition measurement in the meshes of a 5-step path.
Keywords
Conventional neural network; Lost gamma source; GEANT4; Energy deposition;
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