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Title: System for determining the type of nuclear radiation from detector output pulse shape

Patent ·
OSTI ID:869495
 [1];  [1]
  1. Columbia, MO
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A radiation detection system determines the type of nuclear radiation received in a detector by producing a correlation value representative of the statistical cross correlation between the shape of the detector signal and pulse shape data previously stored in memory and characteristic of respective types of radiation. The correlation value is indicative of the type of radiation. The energy of the radiation is determined from the detector signal and is used to produce a spectrum of radiation energies according to radiation type for indicating the nature of the material producing the radiation.

Research Organization:
University of Missouri-Columbia (Columbia, MO)
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-92ER75704
Assignee:
University of Missouri-Columbia (Columbia, MO)
Patent Number(s):
US 5347129
OSTI ID:
869495
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (3)

A new ADC circuit for nuclear spectroscopy based on digital signal processing techniques
  • Correia, Carlos M. B. A.; Martins, JoséCarlos
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journal May 1990
Simultaneous counting of low alpha- and beta-particle activities with liquid-scintillation spectrometry and pulse-shape analysis journal January 1987
Noise and resolution with digital filtering for nuclear spectrometry journal December 1991

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