Benefits of Position-Sensitive Detectors for Radioactive Source Detection
dc.contributor.author | Lingenfelter, Daniel J. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Fessler, Jeffrey A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Scott, Clayton D. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | He, Zhong | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-08-18T18:21:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-08-18T18:21:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-06-06 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Lingenfelter, D.J.; Fessler, J.A.; Scott, C.D.; He, Z. (2010). "Benefits of Position-Sensitive Detectors for Radioactive Source Detection." IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 58(9): 4473-4483. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/85967> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1053-587X | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/85967 | |
dc.description.abstract | There are many systems for counting photons such as gamma-rays emitted from radioactive sources. Many of these systems are also position-sensitive, which means that the system provides directional information about recorded events. This paper investigates whether or not the additional information provided by position-sensitive capability improves the performance of detecting a point-source in background. We analyze the asymptotic performance of the generalized likelihood ratio test (GLRT) and a test based on the maximum-likelihood (ML) estimate of the source intensity for systems with and without position-sensitive capability. When the background intensity is known and detector sensitivity is spatially uniform, we prove that position-sensitive capability increases the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC). For cases when detector sensitivity is nonuniform or background intensity is unknown, we provide numerical results to illustrate the effect of the parameters on detection performance. | en_US |
dc.publisher | IEEE | en_US |
dc.title | Benefits of Position-Sensitive Detectors for Radioactive Source Detection | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Biomedical Engineering | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Engineering | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences. | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/85967/1/Fessler6.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1109/TSP.2010.2051805 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of (EECS) |
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