Adaptors for radiation detectors
AssigneeUT-Battelle, LLC
InventorRonald Jason Livesay
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Abstract
Described herein are adaptors and other devices for radiation detectors that can be used to make accurate spectral measurements of both small and large bulk sources of radioactivity, such as building structures, soils, vessels, large equipment, and liquid bodies. Some exemplary devices comprise an adaptor for a radiation detector, wherein the adaptor can be configured to collimate radiation passing through the adapter from an external radiation source to the radiation detector and the adaptor can be configured to enclose a radiation source within the adapter to allow the radiation detector to measure radiation emitted from the enclosed radiation source.
Claims19
A device comprising:
- an adaptor for a radiation detector, the adapter configured to:
- collimate radiation passing through the adapter from an external radiation source to the radiation detector;
- and
- enclose a radiation source within the adapter to allow the radiation detector to measure radiation from the enclosed radiation source.
An adaptor kit for a portable radioisotope identifier, the kit comprising:
- an annular barrel collimator configured to be coupled to a collimator of the hand-held radioisotope identifier;
- and
- a pin-hole collimator comprising a pin-hole collimation aperture and configured to be coupled to an open end of the barrel collimator.
A method comprising:
- using a radiation detector to measure radiation from a plurality of regions of a target, the radiation detector comprising an adaptor, wherein the measured radiation passes through the adaptor;
- identifying a region of the target having a radiation value greater than a predetermined threshold value;
- enclosing a portion of the identified region of the target within the adaptor;
- and
- measuring radiation from the enclosed portion of the target with the radiation detector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.