A COMBINED VIDEO AND GAMMA-RAY IMAGING-SYSTEM FOR ROBOTS IN NUCLEAR ENVIRONMENTS

Authors
REDUS R SQUILLANTE M GORDON J KNOLL G WEHE D
Citation
R. Redus et al., A COMBINED VIDEO AND GAMMA-RAY IMAGING-SYSTEM FOR ROBOTS IN NUCLEAR ENVIRONMENTS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 353(1-3), 1994, pp. 324-327
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
353
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
324 - 327
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1994)353:1-3<324:ACVAGI>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
An integrated imaging sensor system is being developed to enhance oper ations of robots and telerobotic systems used in nuclear industry. Thi s system combines a gamma ray image of the distribution of radioactivi ty with a video image of the area, allowing a rapid and intuitive dete rmination of the source location. The gamma ray imaging system is base d upon a position sensitive photomultiplier tube, a segmented scintill ator, and a pinhole collimator which provides high quality images in t he energy range of 0.1 to 1.5 MeV. The design and measured performance of a prototype of this system will be discussed.