The SORDS trimodal imager detector arrays
The Raytheon Trimodal Imager (TMI) uses coded aperture and Compton imaging technologies as well as the nonimaging shadow technology to locate an SNM or radiological threat in the presence of background. The heart of the TMI is two arrays of NaI crystals. The front array serves as both a coded apertu...
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| author | Wallace, Mark McElroy, John Harris, Bernard Toolin, Maurice Hynes, Michael V. Locklin, Darren Bray, Nick Li, Liqian Clifford, E. T .H. Andrews, H. R. Wakeford, Daniel Lanza, Richard C |
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| description | The Raytheon Trimodal Imager (TMI) uses coded aperture and Compton imaging technologies as well as the nonimaging shadow technology to locate an SNM or radiological threat in the presence of background. The heart of the TMI is two arrays of NaI crystals. The front array serves as both a coded aperture and the first scatterer for Compton imaging. It is made of 35 5x5x2" crystals with specially designed low profile PMTs. The back array is made of 30 2.5x3x24" position-sensitive crystals which are read out at both ends. These crystals are specially treated to provide the required position resolution at the best possible energy resolution. Both arrays of detectors are supported by aluminum superstructures. These have been efficiently designed to allow a wide field of view and to provide adequate support to the crystals to permit use of the TMI as a vehicle-mounted, field-deployable system. Each PMT has a locally mounted high-voltage supply that is remotely controlled. Each detector is connected to a dedicated FPGA which performs automated gain alignment and energy calibration, event timing and diagnostic health checking. Data are streamed, eventby- event, from each of the 65 detector FPGAs to one master FPGA. The master FPGA acts both as a synchronization clock, and as an event sorting unit. Event sorting involves stamping events as singles or as coincidences, based on the approximately instantaneous detector hit pattern. Coincidence determination by the master FPGA provides a pre-sorting for the events that will ultimately be used in the Compton imaging and coded aperture imaging algorithms. All data acquisition electronics have been custom designed for the TMI. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/526722023-02-26T03:32:24Z The SORDS trimodal imager detector arrays Wallace, Mark McElroy, John Harris, Bernard Toolin, Maurice Hynes, Michael V. Locklin, Darren Bray, Nick Li, Liqian Clifford, E. T .H. Andrews, H. R. Wakeford, Daniel Lanza, Richard C Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering Lanza, Richard C. Lanza, Richard C. The Raytheon Trimodal Imager (TMI) uses coded aperture and Compton imaging technologies as well as the nonimaging shadow technology to locate an SNM or radiological threat in the presence of background. The heart of the TMI is two arrays of NaI crystals. The front array serves as both a coded aperture and the first scatterer for Compton imaging. It is made of 35 5x5x2" crystals with specially designed low profile PMTs. The back array is made of 30 2.5x3x24" position-sensitive crystals which are read out at both ends. These crystals are specially treated to provide the required position resolution at the best possible energy resolution. Both arrays of detectors are supported by aluminum superstructures. These have been efficiently designed to allow a wide field of view and to provide adequate support to the crystals to permit use of the TMI as a vehicle-mounted, field-deployable system. Each PMT has a locally mounted high-voltage supply that is remotely controlled. Each detector is connected to a dedicated FPGA which performs automated gain alignment and energy calibration, event timing and diagnostic health checking. Data are streamed, eventby- event, from each of the 65 detector FPGAs to one master FPGA. The master FPGA acts both as a synchronization clock, and as an event sorting unit. Event sorting involves stamping events as singles or as coincidences, based on the approximately instantaneous detector hit pattern. Coincidence determination by the master FPGA provides a pre-sorting for the events that will ultimately be used in the Compton imaging and coded aperture imaging algorithms. All data acquisition electronics have been custom designed for the TMI. Domestic Nuclear Detection Office of the United States Department of Homeland Security 2010-03-17T17:18:30Z 2010-03-17T17:18:30Z 2009-04 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0277-786X http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/52672 Wakeford, Daniel et al. “The SORDS trimodal imager detector arrays.” Non-Intrusive Inspection Technologies II. Ed. Brandon W. Blackburn. Orlando, FL, USA: SPIE, 2009. 73100D-9. © 2009 SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4003-6089 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.818770 Proceedings of SPIE Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf The International Society for Optical Engineering SPIE |
| spellingShingle | Wallace, Mark McElroy, John Harris, Bernard Toolin, Maurice Hynes, Michael V. Locklin, Darren Bray, Nick Li, Liqian Clifford, E. T .H. Andrews, H. R. Wakeford, Daniel Lanza, Richard C The SORDS trimodal imager detector arrays |
| title | The SORDS trimodal imager detector arrays |
| title_full | The SORDS trimodal imager detector arrays |
| title_fullStr | The SORDS trimodal imager detector arrays |
| title_full_unstemmed | The SORDS trimodal imager detector arrays |
| title_short | The SORDS trimodal imager detector arrays |
| title_sort | sords trimodal imager detector arrays |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/52672 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4003-6089 |
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