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US 8,796,632 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for radiation analysis
AssigneeHybrid Instruments Limited
InventorsMichael Aspinall, Malcolm Joyce
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus for radiation analysis, comprising a pulse discrimination module arranged to receive a signal corresponding to a pulse output by a scintillator and to determine a discrimination value indicative of one or more characteristics of the pulse, and a radiation type determination module for determining a type of radiation responsible for the pulse according to the discrimination value.
Claims11
An apparatus for radiation analysis, comprising:
- a pulse discrimination module arranged to receive a signal corresponding to a pulse output by a scintillator and to determine a discrimination value indicative of one or more characteristics of the pulse;
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- a radiation type determination module for determining a type of radiation responsible for the pulse according to the discrimination value, wherein the radiation type determination module is arranged to determine whether the type of radiation responsible for the pulse is —neutron or gamma (γ) radiation and to output a signal indicative of the radiation type in real time in response to the signal.
A radiation detection system comprising:
- an apparatus comprising a pulse discrimination module arranged to receive a signal corresponding to a pulse output by a scintillator and to determine a discrimination value indicative of one or more characteristics of the pulse and a radiation type determination module for determining a type of radiation responsible for the pulse according to the discrimination value, determine whether the type of radiation responsible for the pulse is neutron or gamma (γ) radiation and to output a signal indicative of the radiation type in real time in response to the signal;
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- the scintillator-based radiation detector is arranged to output a pulse corresponding to a radiation detection event.
A method of radiation analysis, comprising:
- determining a discrimination value indicative of one or more characteristics of a signal corresponding to a pulse received from a scintillator;
- determining a radiation type responsible for the pulse according to the decay value wherein the radiation type determination module is arranged to determine whether the type of radiation responsible for the pulse is neutron or gamma (γ) radiation;
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- outputting a signal indicative of the radiation type in real time in response to receiving the pulse.
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