Range-extended dosimeter
AssigneeThermo Eberline LLC
InventorGreg Holger NELSON
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Abstract
An embodiment of a dosimeter apparatus is described that comprises a first radiation sensor configured to measure high energy photons from a radiation field; a second radiation sensor configured to measure accumulated photons from the radiation field over a time interval; an interface; and a processor comprising executable code stored thereon, wherein the executable code: computes a high dose value for the high energy photons measured by the first radiation sensor; computes an event dose value of the photons accumulated over the time interval; determines a total dose value for the time interval that comprises the greater of the high dose value or the event dose value; and communicates the total dose value for the time interval to a user via the interface.
Claims20
A dosimeter apparatus, comprising:
- a first radiation sensor configured to measure high energy photons from a radiation field;
- a second radiation sensor configured to measure accumulated photons from the radiation field over a time interval;
- an interface;
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- a processor comprising executable code stored thereon, wherein the executable code:
- computes a high dose value for the high energy photons measured by the first radiation sensor;
- computes an event dose value of the photons accumulated over the time interval;
- determines a total dose value for the time interval that comprises the greater of the high dose value or the event dose value;
- and
- communicates the total dose value for the time interval to a user via the interface.
A method for dose measurement, comprising:
- measuring high energy photons from a radiation field using a first radiation sensor;
- measuring accumulated photons from the radiation field over a time interval using a second radiation sensor;
- computing a high dose value for high energy photons;
- computing an event dose value of accumulated photons over the time interval;
- determining a total dose value for the time interval that comprises the greater of the high dose value or the event dose value;
- and
- communicating the total dose value for the time interval to a user via an interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.