A Compton camera for spectroscopic imaging from 100 keV to 1 MeV
- North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
A review of spectroscopic imaging issues, applications, and technology is presented. Compton cameras based on solid state semiconductor detectors stands out as the best system for the nondestructive assay of special nuclear materials. A camera for this application has been designed based on an efficient specific purpose Monte Carlo code developed for this project. Preliminary experiments have been performed which demonstrate the validity of the Compton camera concept and the accuracy of the code. Based on these results, a portable prototype system is in development. Proposed future work is addressed.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 307876
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-98-2800; ON: DE99001638; TRN: 99:003199
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: DN: Thesis submitted to North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (US). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering; TH: Thesis (Ph.D.); PBD: [1998]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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