Unfolding using deep learning and its application on pulse height analysis and pile-up management

A Regadio, L Esteban, S Sanchez-Prieto - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Traditionally, electronics for pulse processing can be modeled as linear transfer functions. In
contrast, due to the fact that artificial Neural Networks (NNs) are generally non-linear …

[HTML][HTML] Pulse pileup correction method for gamma-ray spectroscopy in high radiation fields

M Lee, D Lee, E Ko, K Park, J Kim, K Ko… - Nuclear Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
The detector suffers from pulse pileup by overlapping of the signals when it was used in high
radiation fields. The pulse pileup deteriorates the energy spectrum and causes count losses …

Pile-up correction algorithm based on successive integration for high count rate medical imaging and radiation spectroscopy

MR Mohammadian-Behbahani, S Saramad - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2018 - Elsevier
In high count rate radiation spectroscopy and imaging, detector output pulses tend to pile up
due to high interaction rate of the particles with the detector. Pile-up effects can lead to a …

Pulse-shaping method for real-time neutron/gamma discrimination at low sampling rates

JX Li, HL Hou, YF Huang, MS Cheng… - Nuclear Science and …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The NaI: Tl scintillator is an innovative material for dual-gamma-ray and neutron
detection with a low 6 Li concentration. To achieve real-time n/γ discrimination, a zero …

Baseline restoration technique based on symmetrical zero-area trapezoidal pulse shaper

G Zeng, J Yang, T Hu, L Ge, X Ouyang, Q Zhang… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Since the baseline of the unipolar pulse shaper have the direct-current (DC) offset and drift,
an additional baseline estimator is need to obtain baseline values in real-time. The bipolar …

Implementation of a cusp-like for real-time digital pulse shaper in nuclear spectrometry

J Liu, J Yang, GQ Zeng, KQ Zhang, SL Wei… - Nuclear Science and …, 2017 - Springer
Pulse shaping, which improves signal-to-noise ratio excellently, has been extensively used
in nuclear signal processing. This paper presents a cusp-like pulse-shaping technique …

Digital pulse deconvolution method for current tails of NaI (Tl) detectors

GQ Zeng, J Yang, MF Yu, KQ Zhang, Q Ge… - Chinese Physics …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
To overcome the problem of pulse pile-up at high count rates, a digital deconvolution
algorithm is used to remove the exponential current tails of NaI (Tl) detectors, so as to obtain …

Estimation method for parameters of overlapping nuclear pulse signal

HQ Huang, XF Yang, WC Ding, F Fang - Nuclear Science and Techniques, 2017 - Springer
Identification of nuclear pulse signal is of importance in radioactive measurements,
especially in recognizing adjacent overlapping nuclear pulses. In this article, we propose an …

Three topologies of deep neural networks for pulse height extraction

A Regadío, JIG Tejedor, L Esteban… - Applied Radiation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Pulse shaping is a common technique for optimizing signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in particle
detectors. Although analog or digital linear shapers are typically used for this purpose, there …

A method to restrain parameter drift in trapezoidal pulse shaping

S Wengang, Z Lijun, W Guanying - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Trapezoidal shaping is frequently used in nuclear digital pulse processing to realize high-
resolution and high-throughput spectroscopy. However, this algorithm is susceptible to …