Sparse Regression Algorithm for Activity Estimation in Spectrometry

Y Sepulcre, T Trigano, Y Ritov - IEEE Transactions on Signal …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider the counting rate estimation of an unknown radioactive source, which emits
photons at times modeled by an homogeneous Poisson process. A spectrometer converts …

Estimation method for parameters of overlapping nuclear pulse signal

HQ Huang, XF Yang, WC Ding, F Fang - Nuclear Science and Techniques, 2017 - Springer
Identification of nuclear pulse signal is of importance in radioactive measurements,
especially in recognizing adjacent overlapping nuclear pulses. In this article, we propose an …

Gauss-seidel iterative method as a real-time pile-up solver of scintillation pulses

R Novak, M Vencelj - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The pile-up rejection in nuclear spectroscopy has been confronted recently by several pile-
up correction schemes that compensate for distortions of the signal and subsequent energy …

Application of Transformer Model in Peak Correction of X-Ray Fluorescence Spectra

L Tang, K Shi, H Shen, YC Soh - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel estimation model based on deep learning is proposed for estimating the pulse
amplitude of photons incident upon a silicon drift detector in X-ray spectroscopic systems. It …

Pileup correction algorithm using an iterated sparse reconstruction method

T Trigano, I Gildin, Y Sepulcre - IEEE Signal Processing Letters, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Every radioactive source can be characterized by an histogram obtained after collecting the
energies of photons emitted from the source, also called energy spectrum. However, when …

Fast digital filtering of spectrometric data for pile-up correction

T Trigano, E Barat, T Dautremer… - IEEE Signal Processing …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter considers a problem stemming from the analysis of spectrometric data. When
performing experiments on highly radioactive matter, electrical pulses recorded by the …

Non-parametric decompounding of pulse pile-up under gaussian noise with finite data sets

C Mclean, M Pauley, JH Manton - IEEE Transactions on Signal …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel estimator is proposed for estimating the energy distribution of photons incident upon
a detector in X-ray spectroscopic systems. It is specifically designed for count-rate regimes …

Limitations of decision based pile-up correction algorithms

C McLean, M Pauley, JH Manton - 2018 IEEE Statistical Signal …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nuclear spectroscopy attempts to infer elemental composition by estimating the energy
distribution of X-ray/gamma-ray photons. Performance at high count rates is limited by pulse …

Neutron flux monitoring based on blind source separation algorithms in Moroccan TRIGA MARK II reactor

H Arahmane, EM Hamzaoui… - Science and Technology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We present an overview of fission chamber's functioning modes, theoretical aspects of the
nonnegative matrix factorization methods, and the opportunities that offer neutron data …

Pulse pile-up correction by particle swarm optimization with double-layer parameter identification model in x-ray spectroscopy

Y Xiao-Feng, H Hong-Quan, Z Guo-Qiang… - Journal of Signal …, 2022 - Springer
In X-ray spectrum analysis, the pulse pile-up is a long-standing issue which deteriorates the
energy resolution and count rates of the radiation detection systems. In this study, a novel …