PORGAMAYS
The PORtable GAMma RAY Spectrometer project
PORGAMAYS was jointly funded by EPSRC and DTI under the DTI Technology Programme Sensors for Industrial and Environmental Application Theme.
The aim of the project was to produce a technical demonstrator of a hand-held, battery operated radiation detection system with both energy resolution (for identification) and imaging (for location).
This was achieved using a detector constructed from pixelated Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CZT), a room-temperature semiconductor with good energy resolution. In order to keep the overall size of the device to a manageable level an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) and associated low power signal processing electronics were also designed and employed.
For further information see the PorgamRays web page.
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