Visualization Of Low-Level Gamma Radiation Sources Using A Low-Cost, High-Sensitivity, Omnidirectional Compton Camera

JOVE-JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS(2020)

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We present experimental protocols for visualizing various low-level gamma radiation sources in the ambient environment. Experiments were conducted by using a low-cost, high-sensitivity, omnidirectional, gamma-ray imaging Compton camera. In the laboratory, the position of a sub-MeV gamma radiation source such as Cs-137 can easily be monitored via omnidirectional gamma-ray imaging obtained by the Compton camera. In contrast, a stationary, wall-mounted dose rate monitor cannot always successfully monitor such a source. Furthermore, we successfully demonstrated the possibility of visualizing the radioactivity movement in the environment, for example, the movement of a patient injected with F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18-FDG) in a nuclear medicine facility. In the Fukushima field, we easily obtained omnidirectional gamma-ray images concerned with the distribution on the ground of low-level radioactive contamination by radioactive cesium released by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident in 2011. We demonstrate clear advantages of using our procedure with this camera to visualize gamma-ray sources. Our protocols can further be used to discover low-level gamma radiation sources, in place of stationary dose rate monitors and/or portable survey meters used conventionally.
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Environmental Sciences,Issue 155,gamma-ray imaging,Compton camera,radioactive contamination,environmental monitoring,radiation protection,Fukushima Daiichi nuclear powerplant accident
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