Sangam: A Confluence of Knowledge Streams

A New Method for Radioactive Particle Tracking

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dc.contributor R. P. Gardner, Committee Chair
dc.contributor A. Hawary, Committee Member
dc.contributor M. Bourham, Committee Member
dc.contributor Geir Johanson, Committee Member
dc.contributor K. L. Murty, Committee Member
dc.creator Shehata, Ashraf Hassan
dc.date 2010-04-02T19:14:25Z
dc.date 2010-04-02T19:14:25Z
dc.date 2005-12-08
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-28T17:09:19Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-28T17:09:19Z
dc.identifier etd-12072005-140754
dc.identifier http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/resolver/1840.16/5470
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/265820
dc.description A system based on the concept of three detectors radio active particle tracking, to track a particle non-invasively in the three dimensions is presented. It consists of a set of three well collimated detectors mounted on a platform that can be moved to track the radioactive particle vertically through one collimated detector with a horizontal slot opening. The other two collimated detectors with vertical slot opening can be rotated angularly to track the radioactive particle in the planar domain, and deduce the polar coordinates. A complete description of the actual system developed is outlined including the hardware, the automation and control software, and the data acquisition aspects. A critique of the conventional tomographic radioactive particle tracking was established in comparison to the new three detectors system we developed. A number of obvious and valuable advantages of the new method were pointed out. The result presented here are illustrative through a series of benchmark experiments to test and verify the performance of the system. Results of real trajectories of a single radioactive particle moving in air, and in a bed filled with a mass of granular spherical attenuating medium is also presented. Through testing benchmark experiments that include a variety of real time trajectories the success of the tracking system is demonstrated.
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dc.subject radioisotopes application
dc.subject flow characterization
dc.subject flow mapping
dc.subject Radioactive particle tracking
dc.title A New Method for Radioactive Particle Tracking


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