Modern African Nuclear DEtector LAboratory

现代非洲核探测器实验室

• 批准号: ST/S003118/1
• 负责人: David Jenkins
• 金额: $ 52.77万
• 依托单位: University of York
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FS003118%2F1
• 关键词: Modern; African; Nuclear; DEtector; LAboratory

The University of York (UoY) nuclear applications group is presently running a one-year GCRF project called NuTRAIN with University of Western Cape (UWC) and University of Zululand (UZ) in South Africa. They are transferring expertise in working with scintillators and silicon photomultipliers which can be applied to applications in environmental monitoring, experimental nuclear physics and medicine. Six South African students have visited York to receive training and funds have been provided to establish small detector development laboratories at UWC and UZ. The present MANDELA project intends to build on this initial training in the form of a genuine distributed project to develop the components for a new and inexpensive type of positron emission tomography (PET) scanner for medical imaging. This will be based on plastic scintillator and make use of a newly developed UK-based supply chain for plastic scintillator established by LabLogic, a company based in Sheffield close by to UoY. Students in South Africa will be trained to carry out GEANT4 simulations - a method that allows the response of radiation detectors to be studied and hence, novel detectors can be designed. Importantly, UoY will provide these simulations "in the cloud" avoiding the need for high performance computers based locally. The simulations could even be run on a web browser or on a smartphone. Based on the simulations, prototype detectors will be fabricated. Based on training received at York, the SA students will evaluate these and determine the best silicon photomultipliers and fibre optic configurations for scintillation light detection. The MANDELA project will provide funding to upgrade their detector laboratory so they can undertake the necessary work. The project will lead to a solid design for the basic components of a novel PET scanner which can be pursued through a further collaborative R&D phase or move rapidly to commercialisation.

约克大学（uy）核应用小组目前正在与西开普省大学（UWC）和南非的Zululand大学（UZ）一起开展一个为期一年的名为NuTRAIN的GCRF项目。他们正在转让使用闪烁体和硅光电倍增管的专门知识，这些技术可用于环境监测、实验核物理学和医学方面的应用。6名南非学生访问约克接受培训，并提供资金在UWC和UZ建立小型探测器开发实验室。目前的曼德拉项目打算在这一初步培训的基础上，以一个真正的分布式项目的形式，开发用于医学成像的新型廉价正电子发射断层扫描（PET）扫描仪的组件。这将以塑料闪烁体为基础，并利用英国新开发的塑料闪烁体供应链，该供应链由位于uy附近谢菲尔德的LabLogic公司建立。南非的学生将接受进行GEANT4模拟的培训——这种方法允许研究辐射探测器的响应，从而可以设计新的探测器。重要的是，uwey将在“云中”提供这些模拟，从而避免了对基于本地的高性能计算机的需求。模拟甚至可以在网络浏览器或智能手机上运行。在模拟的基础上，将制作原型探测器。基于在约克大学接受的培训，SA学生将对这些进行评估，并确定用于闪烁光探测的最佳硅光电倍增管和光纤配置。曼德拉项目将为其探测器实验室的升级提供资金，使其能够承担必要的工作。该项目将为新型PET扫描仪的基本组件提供坚实的设计，可以通过进一步的合作研发阶段或迅速走向商业化。

项目成果

Modern African nuclear detector laboratory Development of state-of-the-art in-house detector facility at the University of the Western Cape

现代非洲核探测器实验室在西开普大学开发最先进的内部探测器设施

• DOI: 10.1007/s10751-019-1607-6
• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: Hyperfine Interactions
• 作者: Kapoor K