Current status and optimization of handy compton camera using 3D position-sensitive scintillators

Toru Nishiyama; Jun Kataoka; Aya Kishimoto; Takuya Fujita; Kenshiro Takeuchi; Shinji Ohsuka; Sigeyuki Nakamura; Syunsuke Adachi; Michito Hirayanagi; Tetsuya Uchiyama; Yoshitaka Ishikawa; Takuya Kato

doi:10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829417

Current status and optimization of handy compton camera using 3D position-sensitive scintillators

Toru Nishiyama, Jun Kataoka, Aya Kishimoto, Takuya Fujita, Kenshiro Takeuchi, Shinji Ohsuka, Sigeyuki Nakamura, Syunsuke Adachi, Michito Hirayanagi, Tetsuya Uchiyama, Yoshitaka Ishikawa, Takuya Kato

School of Advanced Science and Engineering

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Abstract

After the Japanese nuclear disaster in 2011, a large amount of radioactive isotopes was released and still remains a serious problem in Japan. To help identify radiation hotspots and ensure effective decontamination operation, we are developing a novel Compton camera weighing only 1.9 kg and measuring just 14×14×15 cm³ in size. Despite its compactness, the camera realizes a wide 180° field of vision, Δθ ∼ 10°(FWHM) angular resolution, and offers excellent sensitivity that can image a hotspot producing a 5 μSv/h dose at a distance of three meters, every 10 sec. Our key technology using 3D position-sensitive scintillators coupled with thin monolithic MPPC arrays has made this innovation possible for the first time. In this paper, we present the detailed optimization and simulation of the Compton camera currently under production with Hamamatsu Photonics.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2013 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2013
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Print)	9781479905348
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829417
Publication status	Published - 2013 Jan 1
Event	2013 60th IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2013 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of Duration: 2013 Oct 27 → 2013 Nov 2

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Name	IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
ISSN (Print)	1095-7863

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Other	2013 60th IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2013
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Seoul
Period	13/10/27 → 13/11/2

Keywords

Compton camera
DOI
Geant4
MPPC

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Radiation
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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Nishiyama, T., Kataoka, J., Kishimoto, A., Fujita, T., Takeuchi, K., Ohsuka, S., Nakamura, S., Adachi, S., Hirayanagi, M., Uchiyama, T., Ishikawa, Y., & Kato, T. (2013). Current status and optimization of handy compton camera using 3D position-sensitive scintillators. In 2013 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2013 [6829417] (IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829417

Current status and optimization of handy compton camera using 3D position-sensitive scintillators. / Nishiyama, Toru; Kataoka, Jun; Kishimoto, Aya et al.

2013 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2013. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2013. 6829417 (IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Nishiyama, T, Kataoka, J, Kishimoto, A, Fujita, T, Takeuchi, K, Ohsuka, S, Nakamura, S, Adachi, S, Hirayanagi, M, Uchiyama, T, Ishikawa, Y & Kato, T 2013, Current status and optimization of handy compton camera using 3D position-sensitive scintillators. in 2013 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2013., 6829417, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2013 60th IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2013, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 13/10/27. https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829417

Nishiyama T, Kataoka J, Kishimoto A, Fujita T, Takeuchi K, Ohsuka S et al. Current status and optimization of handy compton camera using 3D position-sensitive scintillators. In 2013 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2013. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2013. 6829417. (IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record). doi: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829417

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