Published January 21, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Instruments and detectors on the base of scintillator crystals ZnSe(Te), CWO, CsI(Tl) for systems of security and customs inspection systems

  • 1. STC for Radiation Instruments, Concern 'Institute for Single Crystals', 60 Lenin Avenue, Kharkov 61001 (Ukraine)
  • 2. State Customs Service of Ukraine, Kiev (Ukraine)
  • 3. SCB 'Polisvit' PC ''Kommunar'', Kharkov (Ukraine)
  • 4. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (United States)

Description

Results of experimental studies of detector arrays scintillator-photodiode (S-PD) and scintillator-photoreceiving device (S-PRD) used for X-ray digital radiography have shown that there exist further possibilities to increase spatial resolution of this system up to 2-3 line pairs per mm. Theoretical analysis and experimental studies show that the two-energy detection method not only allows one to detect organics on the background of metal, but also substantially increases (by 3-5 times) the detection ability of the system as a whole, especially if parameters of the S-PD pair are optimized, in particular, when ZnSe(Te) is used in the low-energy circuit. A possibility to distinguish, in principle, between substances with insignificant differences in atomic number has been theoretically proven--by transition to multi-energy radiography. 3D-imaging has been realized using S-PD detector arrays. On base of theoretical and experimental search was installation of several types of inspection systems for control objects with square size 0.4x0.6-2.5x3.5 m

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2004.08.056;
PII
S0168-9002(04)01865-0;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
537
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 424-430
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

Conference

Title
7. international conference on inorganic scintillators and their use in scientific and industrial applications
Acronym
SCINT 2003
Dates
8-12 Sep 2003
Place
Valencia (Spain)

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2004 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.