Effect of dynamic bias on accuracy of radioactive particle tracking (RPT) technique at different data acquisition frequencies

Premkumar Kamalanathan; Lipika Kalo; Harish J Pant; Rajesh K Upadhyay

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2017.06.034

Effect of dynamic bias on accuracy of radioactive particle tracking (RPT) technique at different data acquisition frequencies

Appl Radiat Isot. 2017 Oct:128:13-21. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2017.06.034. Epub 2017 Jun 23.

Authors

Premkumar Kamalanathan¹, Lipika Kalo¹, Harish J Pant², Rajesh K Upadhyay³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam 781039, India.
² Isotope Production and Applications Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India.
³ Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam 781039, India. Electronic address: rkupadhyay@iitg.ac.in.

PMID: 28683355
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2017.06.034

Abstract

The accuracy of radioactive particle tracking technique depends on the ability to locate the exact position of a tracer particle. In the current work, experiments are performed to find the accuracy of an RPT measurement in terms of locating the position of the tracer particle and its velocity measurement. Results are presented for different tracer velocities at different data acquisition frequencies to minimize the error generated due to dynamic bias. Finally an optimal frequency is recommended for different velocities of a tracer particle to achieve the best possible accuracy.