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Prototypes of SiPM-GAGG Scintillator Compton Cameras

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Compton camera is capable of visualizing the distribution of radioactivity based on the Compton scattering kinematics as electronic collimation instead of mechanical collimators. Compton camera can be applied in nuclear accident emergency response, radioactivity decontamination, homeland security, etc. Especially after the 2011 Fukushima accident, more and more researches focus on Compton camera and various approaches have been developed for specific applications. Thanks to recent developments of SiPM and novel GAGG:Ce scintillators, a series of SiPM-GAGG scintillator Compton camera prototypes have been constructed. Angular resolution and efficiency are the two key performances of a Compton camera, and generally the angular resolution is poor when the efficiency is high and vice versa. The angular resolution is the quadratic summation of contributions of energy resolution, Doppler broadening effect, and geometry parameters. Geometry and energy resolution are the main contributions for SiPM-GAGG scintillator Compton cameras. The efficiency can be as high as 1% with thick and close detectors. Simple back projection (SBP), filtered back projection (FBP), and maximum likelihood expectation maximization (MLEM) are the three most widely used reconstruction algorithms for Compton cameras. Some SiPM-GAGG scintillator Compton cameras are reviewed, including prototypes with individual readout electronics, charge sharing resistive/capacitive multiplexing readout electronics.

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Yan, X. (2023). Prototypes of SiPM-GAGG Scintillator Compton Cameras. In: Iniewski, K.(. (eds) Advanced X-Ray Radiation Detection: . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92989-3_11

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