Positional correction of a 3D position-sensitive virtual Frisch-grid CZT detector for gamma spectroscopy and imaging based on a theoretical assumption

Autor: Younghak Kim, Kichang Shin, Aleksey Bolotnikov, Wonho Lee
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Vol 55, Iss 5, Pp 1718-1733 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1738-5733
DOI: 10.1016/j.net.2023.01.014
Popis: The virtual Frisch-grid method for room-temperature radiation detectors has been widely used because of its simplicity and high performance. Recently, side electrodes were separately attached to each surface of the detectors instead of covering the entire detector surface with a single electrode. The side-electrode structure enables the measurement of the three-dimensional (3D) gamma-ray interaction in the detector. The positional information of the interaction can then be utilized to precisely calibrate the response of the detector for gamma-ray spectroscopy and imaging. In this study, we developed a 3D position-sensitive 5 × 5 × 12 mm3 cadmium-zinc-telluride (CZT) detector and applied a flattening method to correct detector responses. Collimated gamma-rays incident on the surface of the detector were scanned to evaluate the positional accuracy of the detection system. Positional distributions of the radiation interactions with the detector were imaged for quantitative and qualitative evaluation. The energy spectra of various radioisotopes were measured and improved by the detector response calibration according to the calculated positional information. The energy spectra ranged from 59.5 keV (emitted by 241Am) to 1332 keV (emitted by 60Co). The best energy resolution was 1.06% at 662 keV when the CZT detector was voxelized to 20 × 20 × 10.
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