Radiation Detection And Measurement
Nicodemo Aidara
Over the decade that has passed since the publication of the 3rd edition, technical developments continue to enhance the instruments and techniques available for the detection and spectroscopy of ionizing radiation. The Fourth Edition of this invaluable resource incorporates the latest developments and cutting-edge technologies to make this the most up-to-date guide to the field available:
GLENN FREDERICK KNOLL is Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. Following his undergraduate education at Case Institute of Technology, he earned a Master's degree from Stanford University and a doctorate in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Michigan. During his graduate work, he held national fellowships from the Atomic Energy Commission and the National Science Foundation.
He joined the Michigan faculty in 1962, and served as Chairman of the Department of Nuclear Engineering from 1979 to 1990 and as Interim Dean of the College of Engineering from 1995-96. He held appointments as Visiting Scientist at the Nuclear Research Center in Karlsruhe, Germany and as Senior Fellow in the Department of Physics at the University of Surrey, U.K. His research interest have centered on radiation measurements, nuclear instrumentation, and radiation imaging. He is author or co-author of over 140 technical publications, 8 patents, and 2 textbooks.
He has been elected a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, the American Nuclear Society, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He has been selected to receive three national awards given annually to a single recipient for achievements in engineering and education: the 1979 Glenn Murphy Award from the American Society for Engineering Education, the 1991 Arthur Holly Compton Award of the American Nuclear Society, and the 1996 Merit Award of the IEEE/Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society. He is one of five receiving editors of Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Part A, and a past or present member of the Editorial Boards for Nuclear Science and Engineering, IEEE Transaction on Medical Imaging, and Physica Medica. In 1999, he was elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering. He has served as consultant to 25 industrial and government organizations in technical areas related to radiation measurements, and is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Michigan.
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Welcome to the radiation measurements and imaging research homepage in the NERS Department at the University of Michigan. The goal of this page is to bring together the various research projects that are focused on advancements in radiation measurements and imaging.
In general, research in radiation measurements and imaging is aimed at improving the instruments and methods available in the detection and spectroscopy of ionizing radiation. The primary goal is that this research can enhance the available options for the detection of radiation in a wide range of applications: homeland security, medical and industrial applications, and scientific research. More specifically, the major research is concentrated on detector developments, methods in digital signal processing, and creating more advanced imaging systems through the use of theoretical and experimental techniques.
Radiation detection and measurement is a cross-cutting area that impacts many fundamental and applied areas of science and engineering, from fundamental explorations of matter or the observable universe to the measurement of reaction cross sections, medical diagnostics, discovery of oil, and nondestructive assay of materials made in industry.
There are several ongoing projects in this area that span many application spaces. Current semiconductor development projects include boron nitride, lithium indium diselenide, diamond, and methylammonium lead tribromide in applications ranging from advanced multimodal sensors in Generation IV reactors to cold neutron imaging.
One important focus of our scintillator and semiconductor system development is to enable new instrument capabilities at neutron science facilities worldwide. There are tens of them operating and more under construction, including the European Spallation Source. One special focus is high resolution sensors for neutron imaging, working toward a goal of 1 micron spatial resolution. Other work is ongoing or has been completed on a high rate instrument for reflectometry and He-3 replacement technologies. We have close partnerships with ORNL Neutron Sciences and the Paul Scherrer Institute. ORNL, providing many beamlines between the Spallation Neutron Source and the High Flux Isotope Reactor, is a worldwide leader in neutron science. The Paul Scherrer Institute is a worldwide leader in high resolution neutron imaging.
Ongoing or recently completed work pertains to systems that image gammas, X-rays, fast neutrons, slow neutrons, or muons. Much of the work is relevant for imaging of nuclear materials or nuclear material assemblies in an effort to detect, localize, and characterize them. Both passive and active sensing of radiation are being studied, where active sensing requires an interrogating source such as a X-ray linear accelerator or a deuterium-tritium neutron generator. ORNL is an important partner in much of this work. Another partner in this area is Varex Imaging.
Our group also does research on the processing of the data generated from said materials and systems, as well as algorithm development relevant for detection, localization, and characterization of nuclear and radiological materials.
Researchers in this area have available to them lab and office space at UT-Knoxville in Ferris Hall, the Science and Engineering Research Facility (SERF), and the Institute for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing (IAMM).
The Micro-Processing Research Facility (MPRF) at the University of Tennessee is a UT Core Facility and housed within the Institute for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing (IAMM). The MPRF provides researchers the ability to conduct micro-processing fabrication processes. Services include optical lithography, thin film deposition, capacitively coupled reactive ion etching, and silicon-based plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition processes. This equipment is housed in a class 100 clean room with all necessary facilities and supporting process equipment. In combination with other IAMM facilities, the MPRF provides researchers with the means to conduct cutting-edge investigations in materials science and engineering.
In the Rad IDEAS Lab, we have a host of gamma, neutron, and alpha sources; radiation sensor and optical components; single and multichannel nuclear electronic modules; data acquisition electronics; oscilloscopes; and high-performance multicore workstations for data acquisition, processing, and simulations. This laboratory is mainly used for new proof-of-concept-level experiments in radiation detection and imaging, or to prepare experimental systems for measurements to be conducted offsite.
The Dual Hybrid Detection-Localization-Imaging (DLI) trailer contains large volumes of NaI detectors and organic scintillators built into a one dimensional coded aperture imaging array. It may be used for mobile gamma imaging and detection, mobile or stationary background measurement or gammas or neutrons, or graduate student laboratory exercises.
Other relevant equipment and facilities include Associated Particle Imaging (API) Deuterium-Tritium (D-T) neutron generators; Cf-252 ionization chambers; the Nuclear Materials Identification Systems (NMIS), including laboratory and fieldable versions; portable neutron coded aperture imaging systems; other gamma ray coded aperture imaging systems; access to nuclear safeguards laboratories where uranium standards are stored; and a portal monitoring facility. Many of our students use ORNL facilities, sometimes as a major component of their research.
Principles and mechanisms underlying nuclear radiation detection and measurements; operation of nuclear electronic laboratory instrumentation; application of gas-filled, scintillation and semiconductor laboratory detectors for measurement of alpha, beta, gamma, and neutron radiation, liquid scintillation equipment; use of Bonner spheres for neutron energy profiles; experimental investigation of interactions of radiation with matter. Lec/lab. This course may be subject to Enforced Prerequisites that restrict registration into the course. Check the offerings below for more information.
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