Establishment of imaging spectroscopy of nuclear gamma-rays based on geometrical optics

T Tanimori, Y Mizumura, A Takada, S Miyamoto… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Since the discovery of nuclear gamma-rays, its imaging has been limited to pseudo imaging,
such as Compton Camera (CC) and coded mask. Pseudo imaging does not keep physical …

Development and performance verification of a 3-D position-sensitive Compton camera for imaging MeV gamma rays

H Hosokoshi, J Kataoka, S Mochizuki, M Yoneyama… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
In gamma-ray astronomy, the 1–10 MeV range is one of the most challenging energy bands
to observe owing to low photon signals and a considerable amount of background …

Performance demonstration of a hybrid Compton camera with an active pinhole for wide-band X-ray and gamma-ray imaging

A Omata, J Kataoka, K Fujieda, S Sato, E Kuriyama… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
X-ray and gamma-ray imaging are technologies with several applications in nuclear
medicine, homeland security, and high-energy astrophysics. However, it is generally difficult …

Precision imaging of 4.4 MeV gamma rays using a 3-D position sensitive Compton camera

A Koide, J Kataoka, T Masuda, S Mochizuki, T Taya… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Imaging of nuclear gamma-ray lines in the 1–10 MeV range is far from being established in
both medical and physical applications. In proton therapy, 4.4 MeV gamma rays are emitted …

Development and applications of Compton camera—A review

RK Parajuli, M Sakai, R Parajuli, M Tashiro - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The history of Compton cameras began with the detection of radiation sources originally for
applications in astronomy. A Compton camera is a promising γ-ray detector that operates in …

Compton imaging for medical applications

H Tashima, T Yamaya - Radiological Physics and Technology, 2022 - Springer
Compton imaging exploits inelastic scattering, known as Compton scattering, using a
Compton camera consisting of a scatterer detector in the front layer and an absorber …

On a novel approach to Compton scattered emission imaging

MK Nguyen, TT Truong, C Driol… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Imaging processes built on the Compton scattering effect are currently under intense
investigation. However, despite many innovative contributions, this topic still pose a …

Ultracompact Compton camera for innovative gamma-ray imaging

J Kataoka, A Kishimoto, T Taya, S Mochizuki… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2018 - Elsevier
A multipixel photon counter (MPPC) features excellent photon-counting capability as a
radiation detector. In particular, a two-plane Compton camera consisting of Ce: GAGG …

Development of an advanced Compton camera with gaseous TPC and scintillator

A Takada, K Hattori, H Kubo, K Miuchi… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2005 - Elsevier
A prototype of the MeV gamma-ray imaging camera based on the full reconstruction of the
Compton process has been developed. This camera consists of a micro-TPC that is a …

Development of a compact scintillator-based high-resolution Compton camera for molecular imaging

A Kishimoto, J Kataoka, A Koide, K Sueoka… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The Compton camera, which shows gamma-ray distribution utilizing the kinematics of
Compton scattering, is a promising detector capable of imaging across a wide range of …