Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronically collimated gamma radiation detector
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Application No.: US15280530Application Date: 2016-09-29
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Publication No.: US10996354B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: John C. Morgan , John Furey , Austin V. Davis
- Applicant: United States of America as Represented by The Secretary of The Army
- Applicant Address: US VA Alexandria
- Assignee: United States of America as Represented by The Secretary of The Army
- Current Assignee: United States of America as Represented by The Secretary of The Army
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Alexandria
- Agent Brian C. Jones
- Main IPC: G01T7/00
- IPC: G01T7/00 ; G01V5/00

Abstract:
The present invention is an electronically collimated gamma radiation detector apparatus including a radiation sensor coupled to a digitizer, which is coupled to a processor. The apparatus receives an analog signal waveform from the sensor and transmits it to the digitizer, for transformation to a digital pulse waveform. This waveform is transmitted to the processor, which calculates at least one pulse shape parameter of the waveform, instantiates a pulse data object, and populates the object with a pulse identifier, a vector parameter, and the pulse shape parameter. The above steps are repeated at a different vector to obtain multiple objects. The processor compares pulse shape parameters from different objects using a comparison method. The comparison method updates each object with a longitudinal, transverse, or angled directional parameter. The processor can output vector parameters associated longitudinal parameters, output objects with a desired vector parameter, or conduct further analysis on objects.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180088246A1 ELECTRONICALLY COLLIMATED GAMMA RADIATION DETECTOR Public/Granted day:2018-03-29
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