Skin contamination dosimeter
Abstract
A technique and device provides absolute skin dosimetry in real time at multiple tissue depths simultaneously. The device uses a phoswich detector which has multiple scintillators embedded at different depths within a non-scintillating material. A digital pulse processor connected to the phoswich detector measures a differential distribution (dN/dH) of count rate N as function of pulse height H for signals from each of the multiple scintillators. A digital processor computes in real time from the differential count-rate distribution for each of multiple scintillators an estimate of an ionizing radiation dose delivered to each of multiple depths of skin tissue corresponding to the multiple scintillators embedded at multiple corresponding depths within the non-scintillating material.
- Inventors:
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- Corvallis, OR
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1019085
- Patent Number(s):
- 7964848
- Application Number:
- US Patent Application 12/916,362
- Assignee:
- The State of Oregon Acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR) N/A (
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG07-02ID14331
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY
Citation Formats
Hamby, David M, Farsoni, Abdollah T, and Cazalas, Edward. Skin contamination dosimeter. United States: N. p., 2011.
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Hamby, David M, Farsoni, Abdollah T, & Cazalas, Edward. Skin contamination dosimeter. United States.
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"Skin contamination dosimeter". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1019085.
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abstractNote = {A technique and device provides absolute skin dosimetry in real time at multiple tissue depths simultaneously. The device uses a phoswich detector which has multiple scintillators embedded at different depths within a non-scintillating material. A digital pulse processor connected to the phoswich detector measures a differential distribution (dN/dH) of count rate N as function of pulse height H for signals from each of the multiple scintillators. A digital processor computes in real time from the differential count-rate distribution for each of multiple scintillators an estimate of an ionizing radiation dose delivered to each of multiple depths of skin tissue corresponding to the multiple scintillators embedded at multiple corresponding depths within the non-scintillating material.},
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