Gamma-ray Camera Flyby (VIDEO)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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An animated version of a classroom demonstration shows how the Compact Compton Imager-2 can detect and image hidden radioactive sources, in this case a line source of cesium-137, at a distance and in three dimensions.

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Courtesy Lucian Mihailescu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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