Development of a Cherenkov light imaging system for plants: To visualize absorption and transition dynamics of cesium

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H06851
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Agricultural environmental engineering/Agricultural information engineering
• Research Institution: National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (2016); Japan Atomic Energy Agency (2015)
• Principal Investigator: Kurita Keisuke 国立研究開発法人量子科学技術研究開発機構, 高崎量子応用研究所 放射線生物応用研究部, 博士研究員(任常) (10757925)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: イメージング / 放射性セシウム / 植物 / 動態 / チェレンコフ光

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study is aims to develop a high-resolution imaging method which visualizes radiocesium movements and distribution from roots to above-ground part of a plant. In this study, a Cherenkov light imaging system for plant study was developed. An imaging experiment was performed with an intact soybean plant which absorbed Cs-137 solution using the system. The result shows that Cherenkov light imaging is promising for visualization of the dynamics of radiocesium in a plant.

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工学