Abstract
Geant4 simulation is used to calculate peak efficiency and correct the effect of coincidence summing in detecting volumetric gamma-ray sources; this simulation was applied to a standard 152Eu source with different volumes as a test case. The source is a liquid cylindrical shape of various volumes. Peak efficiency was calculated using two tracks in the Geant4 simulation: single-energy track and "monoenergetic Track" without coincidence summing. Here, the energy of the source is known, and the track of radionuclides, including the coincidence summing, depends on the decay scheme of the radioactive source. The ratio between the peak efficiency of the two tracks gives us the correction factor (CF). The experimental method was used to calculate the peak efficiency and was amended by the correction factor computed with Geant4 tracks. The results showed a good agreement between experimental efficiency after correction and free-summing simulated efficiency. The comparison indicated that the present method is valid and useful for voluminous gamma-ray sources.
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