First on-site true gamma-ray imaging-spectroscopy of contamination near Fukushima plant

D Tomono, T Mizumoto, A Takada, S Komura… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
We have developed an Electron Tracking Compton Camera (ETCC), which provides a well-
defined Point Spread Function (PSF) by reconstructing a direction of each gamma as a point …

Development of an omnidirectional gamma-ray imaging Compton camera for low-radiation-level environmental monitoring

T Watanabe, R Enomoto, H Muraishi… - Japanese Journal of …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We have developed an omnidirectional gamma-ray imaging Compton camera for
environmental monitoring at low levels of radiation. The camera consisted of only six CsI (Tl) …

Performance and field tests of a handheld Compton camera using 3-D position-sensitive scintillators coupled to multi-pixel photon counter arrays

A Kishimoto, J Kataoka, T Nishiyama… - Journal of …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
After the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, radiation decontamination has become particularly
urgent. To help identify radiation hotspots and ensure effective decontamination operation …

Visualization of low-level gamma radiation sources using a low-cost, high-sensitivity, omnidirectional compton camera

H Muraishi, R Enomoto, H Katagiri, M Kagaya… - JoVE (Journal of …, 2020 - jove.com
We present experimental protocols for visualizing various low-level gamma radiation
sources in the ambient environment. Experiments were conducted by using a low-cost, high …

A portable Si/CdTe Compton camera and its applications to the visualization of radioactive substances

A Harayama, Y Ichinohe, H Odaka, S Watanabe… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Gamma-ray imagers with the potential for visualizing the distribution of radioactive materials
are required in the fields of astrophysics, medicine, nuclear applications, and homeland …

A performance study of an electron-tracking Compton camera with a compact system for environmental gamma-ray observation

T Mizumoto, D Tomono, A Takada… - Journal of …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
An electron-tracking Compton camera (ETCC) is a detector that can determine the arrival
direction and energy of incident sub-MeV/MeV gamma-ray events on an event-by-event …

Development of an all-sky gamma-ray Compton camera based on scintillators for high-dose environments

H Katagiri, W Satoh, R Enomoto… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
We developed an all-sky Compton camera for the detection of sub-MeV gamma rays emitted
by radioactive cesium in high-dose environments. The camera consisted of six NaI (Tl) …

Handy Compton camera using 3D position-sensitive scintillators coupled with large-area monolithic MPPC arrays

J Kataoka, A Kishimoto, T Nishiyama, T Fujita… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2013 - Elsevier
The release of radioactive isotopes (mainly 137 Cs, 134 Cs and 131 I) from the crippled
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant remains a serious problem in Japan. To help identify …

Development of compact Compton camera for 3D image reconstruction of radioactive contamination

Y Sato, Y Terasaka, S Ozawa… - Journal of …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS), operated by Tokyo Electric
Power Company Holdings, Inc., went into meltdown after the large tsunami caused by the …

“Stereo Compton cameras” for the 3-D localization of radioisotopes

K Takeuchi, J Kataoka, T Nishiyama, T Fujita… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2014 - Elsevier
The Compton camera is a viable and convenient tool used to visualize the distribution of
radioactive isotopes that emit gamma rays. After the nuclear disaster in Fukushima in 2011 …