Gamma-ray momentum reconstruction from Compton electron trajectories by filtered back-projection

Haefner, A.; Gunter, D.; Plimley, B.; Pavlovsky, R.; Vetter, K.

doi:10.1063/1.4898087

Title: Gamma-ray momentum reconstruction from Compton electron trajectories by filtered back-projection

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Gamma-ray imaging utilizing Compton scattering has traditionally relied on measuring coincident gamma-ray interactions to map directional information of the source distribution. This coincidence requirement makes it an inherently inefficient process. We present an approach to gamma-ray reconstruction from Compton scattering that requires only a single electron tracking detector, thus removing the coincidence requirement. From the Compton scattered electron momentum distribution, our algorithm analytically computes the incident photon's correlated direction and energy distributions. Because this method maps the source energy and location, it is useful in applications, where prior information about the source distribution is unknown. We demonstrate this method with electron tracks measured in a scientific Si charge coupled device. While this method was demonstrated with electron tracks in a Si-based detector, it is applicable to any detector that can measure electron direction and energy, or equivalently the electron momentum. For example, it can increase the sensitivity to obtain energy and direction in gas-based systems that suffer from limited efficiency.

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Haefner, A. ^[1]; Gunter, D. ^[2]; Plimley, B. ^[1]; Pavlovsky, R. ^[1]; Vetter, K. ^[3]

Univ. of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Univ. of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Publication Date:: Mon Nov 03 00:00:00 EST 2014

Research Org.:: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE; US Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

OSTI Identifier:: 1212317

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Applied Physics Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 105; Journal Issue: 18; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; gamma rays; compton scattering; charge coupled devices; electron scattering; gamma ray imaging

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                    Haefner, A., Gunter, D., Plimley, B., Pavlovsky, R., and Vetter, K. Gamma-ray momentum reconstruction from Compton electron trajectories by filtered back-projection.  United States: N. p., 2014. 
Web.  doi:10.1063/1.4898087.

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                    Haefner, A., Gunter, D., Plimley, B., Pavlovsky, R., & Vetter, K. Gamma-ray momentum reconstruction from Compton electron trajectories by filtered back-projection.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4898087

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                    Haefner, A., Gunter, D., Plimley, B., Pavlovsky, R., and Vetter, K. Mon .  
"Gamma-ray momentum reconstruction from Compton electron trajectories by filtered back-projection".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4898087.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1212317.

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@article{osti_1212317,

  title        = {Gamma-ray momentum reconstruction from Compton electron trajectories by filtered back-projection},

  author       = {Haefner, A. and Gunter, D. and Plimley, B. and Pavlovsky, R. and Vetter, K.},

  abstractNote = {Gamma-ray imaging utilizing Compton scattering has traditionally relied on measuring coincident gamma-ray interactions to map directional information of the source distribution. This coincidence requirement makes it an inherently inefficient process. We present an approach to gamma-ray reconstruction from Compton scattering that requires only a single electron tracking detector, thus removing the coincidence requirement. From the Compton scattered electron momentum distribution, our algorithm analytically computes the incident photon's correlated direction and energy distributions. Because this method maps the source energy and location, it is useful in applications, where prior information about the source distribution is unknown. We demonstrate this method with electron tracks measured in a scientific Si charge coupled device. While this method was demonstrated with electron tracks in a Si-based detector, it is applicable to any detector that can measure electron direction and energy, or equivalently the electron momentum. For example, it can increase the sensitivity to obtain energy and direction in gas-based systems that suffer from limited efficiency.},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.4898087},

  journal      = {Applied Physics Letters},

  number       = 18,

  volume       = 105,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Nov 03 00:00:00 EST 2014},

  month        = {Mon Nov 03 00:00:00 EST 2014}

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