Obtaining low energy γ dose with CMOS sensors postprint

Abstract: A method is established for measuring low energy γ-rays dose by using CMOS sensors without any X-/γ-ray converters. Gamma-ray source of ²⁴¹Am and ¹⁵²Eu are used to test the system. Based on gray value, an analysis method is proposed to obtain the γ-ray dose. Cumulative dose is determined by correlating the gray value to the dose readings of standard dosimeters. The relationship between gray value and the cumulative dose of γ-rays are trained by using back propagation neural network with BFGS algorithm. After comparison, it shows that BFGS algorithm trainings are suitable for different γ-ray sources under higher error condition. These indicate the feasibility of measuring low energy γ-ray dose by using common CMOS image sensors.