Apparatus for fusing dual particle images on basis of coded aperture

A coded-aperture-based dual particle image fusion apparatus comprising:

• an optical camera configured to photograph a site of a radiation source in order to acquire a site image;
• a coded aperture configured to allow radiation emitted from the radiation source to be incident thereupon, a coded pattern being applied to the coded aperture;
• a scintillator array having a structure in which pixels are arranged in an NxN matrix, the scintillator array being configured to generate a scintillation signal for gamma rays and neutrons from the radiation incident through the coded aperture;
• an optical sensor array having a structure in which pixels are arranged in an NxN matrix, the optical sensor array being configured to acquire an electrical signal for the scintillation signal generated through the scintillator array;
• a signal processing unit configured to discriminate between reaction positions of the gamma rays and the neutrons and reaction signals for reaction size based on the electrical signal;
• an image fusion unit configured to record a reaction image of each of the gamma rays and the neutrons based on the reaction signal and to fuse the site image and the reaction image in order to acquire a fused image;
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• a display configured to output the fused image.