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.


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    Titel :

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


    Beteiligte:
    Baca, Tomas (Autor:in) / Stibinger, Petr (Autor:in) / Doubravova, Daniela (Autor:in) / Turecek, Daniel (Autor:in) / Solc, Jaroslav (Autor:in) / Rusnak, Jan (Autor:in) / Saska, Martin (Autor:in) / Jakubek, Jan (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2021-06-15


    Format / Umfang :

    2957074 byte





    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



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