Relative estimation of scattering noise and electronic noise of a radiation detector

Abstract

Abstract This study investigates two unavoidable noise factors: electronic noise (EN) and radiation scattering, associated with detectors and their electronics. This study proposes a novel methodology to estimate electronic and scattering noise separately. It utilizes mathematical tools, namely, Kanpur theorem-1 (KT-1), standard deviation, similarity dice coefficient parameters, and experimental computerized tomography technique. Four types of gamma detectors: CsI (Tl), LaB r 3 Ce , NaI (Tl) and HPGe are used with their respective electronics. A detector with integrated circuit electronics imparts significantly less (∼33% less) EN in data than detectors with distributed electronics. KT-1 signature is proposed as a scattering error estimate. The developed empirical expression shows that scattering noise depends strongly on the mass attenuation coefficients of detector crystal material and weakly on their active area. The difference between predicted and estimated relative scattering is 14.6%. The methodology presented in this study will assist the related industry in selecting the appropriate detector of optimal diameter, thickness, material composition and hardware as per requirement.