Gamma Radiation Source Localization for Micro Aerial Vehicles with a Miniature Single-Detector Compton Event Camera

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21230%2F21%3A00350908" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21230/21:00350908 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUAS51884.2021.9476766" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUAS51884.2021.9476766</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICUAS51884.2021.9476766" target="_blank" >10.1109/ICUAS51884.2021.9476766</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Gamma Radiation Source Localization for Micro Aerial Vehicles with a Miniature Single-Detector Compton Event Camera

Original language description

A novel method for localization and estimation of compact sources of gamma radiation for Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) is presented in this paper. The method is developed for a novel single-detector Compton camera, developed by the authors. The detector is extremely small and weighs only 40 g, which opens the possibility for use on sub-1 kg class of drones. The Compton camera uses the MiniPIX TPX3 CdTe event camera to measure Compton scattering products of incoming high-energy gamma photons. The 3D position and the sub-nanosecond time delay of the measured scattering products are used to reconstruct sets of possible directions to the source. The proposed method utilizes a filter for fusing the measurements and estimating the radiation source position during the flight. The computations are executed in real-time onboard and allow integration of the detector info into a fully-autonomous system. Moreover, the real-time nature of the estimator potentially allows estimating states of a moving radiation source. The proposed method was validated in simulations and demonstrated in a real-world experiment with a Cs137 radiation source. The approach can localize a gamma source without estimating the gradient or contours of radiation intensity, which opens possibilities for localizing sources in a cluttered and urban environment.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20204 - Robotics and automatic control

Project

<a href="/en/project/FW01010317" target="_blank" >FW01010317: Localization of sources of ionizing radiation using a group of small unmanned aircrafts with Compton camera detectors</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

2021 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)

ISBN

978-0-7381-3115-3

ISSN

2373-6720

e-ISSN

2575-7296

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

338-346

Publisher name

IEEE Xplore

Place of publication

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Event location

Athens

Event date

Jun 15, 2021

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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