A new method for radioactive particle tracking

A system based on the concept of three detectors radio active particle tracking, to track a particle non-invasively in the three dimensions is presented. It consists of a set of three well collimated detectors mounted on a platform that can be moved to track the radioactive particle vertically through one collimated detector with a horizontal slot opening. The other two collimated detectors with vertical slot opening can be rotated angularly to track the radioactive particle in the planar domain, and deduce the polar coordinates. A complete description of the actual system developed is outlined including the hardware, the automation and control software, and the data acquisition aspects. A critique of the conventional tomographic radioactive particle tracking was established in comparison to the new three detectors system we developed. A number of obvious and valuable advantages of the new method were pointed out. The result presented here are illustrative through a series of benchmark experiments to test and verify the performance of the system. Results of real trajectories of a single radioactive particle moving in air, and in a bed filled with a mass of granular spherical attenuating medium is also presented. Through testing benchmark experiments that include a variety of real time trajectories the success of the tracking system is demonstrated.