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US 2013/0153773 A1Published application
Method and apparatus to monitor a beam of ionizing radiation
AssigneesRaytheon Company, U.S. Department of Energy
InventorsBrandon W. Blackburn, David L. Chichester, Scott M. Watson, James T. Johnson, Mathew T. Kinlaw
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to capture images of fluorescence generated by ionizing radiation and determine a position of a beam of ionizing radiation generating the fluorescence from the captured images. In one embodiment, the fluorescence is the result of ionization and recombination of nitrogen in air.
Claims17
A method, comprising:
- capturing images of fluorescence generated by a beam of ionizing radiation;
- and
- determining a position of the beam of ionizing radiation generating the fluorescence from the captured images;
- and
- using the captured images to steer the beam.
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A system, comprising:
- an image acquisition system to capture images of fluorescence generated by a beam of ionizing radiation;
- and
- a control module to determine a position of the beam of ionizing radiation generating the fluorescence from the captured images to steer the beam using the captured images.
A system, comprising:
- a means for determining a position of a beam of ionizing radiation generating fluorescence from captured images of the fluorescence generated by the beam of ionizing radiation;
- and
- a processing means to determine steering of the beam of ionizing radiation from the images.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.