National Cancer Center Hospital East

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Visualization of Low-Level Gamma Radiation Sources Using a Low-Cost, High-Sensitivity, Omnidirectional Compton Camera

Hiroshi Muraishi¹, Ryoji Enomoto², Hideaki Katagiri³, Mika Kagaya⁴, Takara Watanabe⁵, Naofumi Narita³, Daisuke Kano⁵

¹School of Allied Health Sciences, Kitasato University, ²Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, ³College of Science, Ibaraki University, ⁴National Institute of Technology, Sendai College, ⁵National Cancer Center Hospital East

We present experimental protocols for visualizing various low-level gamma radiation sources in the ambient environment using a low-cost, high-sensitivity, omnidirectional, gamma-ray imaging Compton camera.