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Visualization of Low-Level Gamma Radiation Sources Using a Low-Cost, High-Sensitivity, Omnidirectional Compton Camera
Published on: January 30, 2020
Scattered radiation effects on the extrinsic sensitivity and counting efficiency of a gamma camera
Wael M Elshemey1, Mohamed A Ghoneim, M H Khader
1Biophysics Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Egypt. waelelshemey@yahoo.com
Abstract:
An evaluation of the effect of scattered radiation on the performance of a gamma camera is carried out using a specially designed home-made homogeneous circular planar flood source filled with 0.2±0.01 GBq of (99m)Tc solution as a scattering medium. The scatter effects are assessed by analyzing the energy spectrum of (99m)Tc for the scatter fraction and calculating the camera's extrinsic counting efficiency and sensitivity, for five flood source thicknesses (12, 50, 100, 150 and 200 mm ) and three source-to-detector distances (0.7, 0.9 and 1.1 m). Results showed an increase in the scatter fraction from 0.29 to 22.96 as the source thickness increased. This increase was associated with a decrease in the extrinsic sensitivity from 121.36 to 49.58 counts/s GBq, and a decrease in counting efficiency as from 3.78 to 1.55%. With the increase in source-to-detector distance, the extrinsic sensitivity decreases from 121.36 to 118.77 counts/s GBq, while the counting efficiency increases from 3.78 to 11.66%. It was found that a source-to-detector distance of 0.96±9×10(-3) m is a good compromise for an acceptable extrinsic sensitivity and a reasonable counting efficiency.
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