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采用低成本CMOS技术的粒子探测性能与Geant4模拟

Particle detection performance and Geant4 simulation with low-cost CMOS technology

M. Bonnett Del Alamo, R. Helaconde, C. Soncco, J. Bazo, A. M. Gago

AI总结:

本研究评估低成本OV5647 CMOS传感器的粒子探测性能,搭建配套实验装置并实现首个详细的商用CMOS传感器Geant4模拟,验证了模拟与实验的一致性,明确了传感器的适用场景与局限。

摘要:

我们评估了豪威科技OV5647 CMOS图像传感器(500万像素)对Sr90和Cs137放射源辐射的探测性能。实验装置采用Raspberry Pi 3微型计算机进行数据采集,使用Python和OpenCV库开展图像处理工作。我们明确了将标准相机改造为对电子和光子敏感的粒子探测器所需的必要设置,其中包含一套两步式背景过滤流程。此外,我们首次实现了详细的Geant4模拟,该模拟描述了商用CMOS传感器的分层几何结构、材料组成以及所用放射源的相关特性。为提升模拟效果,我们加入了一种电荷扩散算法,可将电子和光子沉积的能量转换为ADC计数。我们以团簇尺寸、每个团簇的最大ADC信号以及团簇数量随距离的变化为指标呈现测量结果。研究发现,所有这些可观测量的实验数据与模拟结果均吻合良好,且我们能够复现团簇尺寸与每个团簇最大ADC信号之间的相关性。因此,这套经实验数据交叉验证的模拟可用于测试更多粒子探测构想的可行性,无需搭建实验装置。不过,该传感器的初级能量分辨率有限,因此无法区分不同的放射源。尽管如此,鉴于其能量沉积测量的准确性,该传感器经校准后适用于放射源活度的剂量测量。

英文摘要:

We evaluate the performance of an Omnivision OV5647 CMOS image sensor (5 Mp) for detecting radiation from Sr90 and Cs137 sources. Our experimental setup uses a Raspberry Pi 3 mini-computer for data acquisition, with image processing using Python and OpenCV libraries. We specify the necessary settings to convert a standard camera into a particle detector sensitive to electrons and photons, including a two-step background filtering procedure. In addition, we implement the first detailed Geant4 simulation that describes the layered geometry and material composition of a commercial CMOS sensor along with the radioactive sources. To enhance the simulation, we include an algorithm for charge diffusion and conversion of the energy deposited by electrons and photons into ADC counts. Our measurements are presented in terms of cluster size, the maximum ADC signal per cluster, and the number of clusters as a function of distance. We find a good agreement between the experimental data and simulation for all these observables, and we can reproduce the correlation between cluster size and maximum ADC signal per cluster. Thus, this simulation, cross-checked with data, can be used to test the feasibility of further particle detection ideas without the need to implement an experimental setup. However, the sensor has limited primary energy resolution and is thus unable to distinguish between different radioactive sources. Nevertheless, given the accurate measurement of energy deposition, the sensor, once calibrated, is suitable for dosimetric measurements of source activities.

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