The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of different entrance surface treatments of the scintillator on the intrinsic spatial resolution of a scintillation camera.The primary scintillation light reflection...The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of different entrance surface treatments of the scintillator on the intrinsic spatial resolution of a scintillation camera.The primary scintillation light reflection on the entrance surface of a scintillator may be affected by the optical coating of the entrance surface,resulting in either spatial resolution or system detection efficiency degradation.A Monte Carlo simulation model,based on Geant4 codes,was developed in order to study the scintillation light transportation in the scintillator with an entrance surface of various optical coatings.The results demonstrated that the application of retro-reflector on entrance surface of the scintillation crystal can significantly improve the intrinsic spatial resolution of the scintillation camera.The physical mechanism of the improvement of spatial resolution is explored.展开更多
A simulation of the properties of the shifting scintillator neutron detector using 6LiF/ZnS(Ag) scintillation screens is performed.The simulation results show that the light attenuation length of standard BC704 scinti...A simulation of the properties of the shifting scintillator neutron detector using 6LiF/ZnS(Ag) scintillation screens is performed.The simulation results show that the light attenuation length of standard BC704 scintillator is about 0.65 mm.Its thermal neutron detection efficiency,gamma sensitivity and intrinsic spatial resolution can achieve around 50.0%,10 5and 0.18 mm(along X-axis) respectively.For the detector,air coupling position resolution is better than the silicone oil coupling.Some of the simulation results are compared with experimental results.They are in agreement.This work will be helpful for constructing neutron detector for high intensity powder diffractometer at Chinese spallation neutron source.展开更多
文摘The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of different entrance surface treatments of the scintillator on the intrinsic spatial resolution of a scintillation camera.The primary scintillation light reflection on the entrance surface of a scintillator may be affected by the optical coating of the entrance surface,resulting in either spatial resolution or system detection efficiency degradation.A Monte Carlo simulation model,based on Geant4 codes,was developed in order to study the scintillation light transportation in the scintillator with an entrance surface of various optical coatings.The results demonstrated that the application of retro-reflector on entrance surface of the scintillation crystal can significantly improve the intrinsic spatial resolution of the scintillation camera.The physical mechanism of the improvement of spatial resolution is explored.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11175257)
文摘A simulation of the properties of the shifting scintillator neutron detector using 6LiF/ZnS(Ag) scintillation screens is performed.The simulation results show that the light attenuation length of standard BC704 scintillator is about 0.65 mm.Its thermal neutron detection efficiency,gamma sensitivity and intrinsic spatial resolution can achieve around 50.0%,10 5and 0.18 mm(along X-axis) respectively.For the detector,air coupling position resolution is better than the silicone oil coupling.Some of the simulation results are compared with experimental results.They are in agreement.This work will be helpful for constructing neutron detector for high intensity powder diffractometer at Chinese spallation neutron source.
