Apparatus and method for temperature correction and expanded count rate of inorganic scintillation detectors

Patent · Tue Jul 25 00:00:00 EDT 2006

OSTI ID:908326

Ianakiev, Kiril D ^[1]; Hsue, Sin Tao ^[2]; Browne, Michael C ^[1]; Audia, Jeffrey M ^[3]

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1. Los Alamos, NM
2. Santa Fe, NM
3. Abiquiu, NM

The present invention includes an apparatus and corresponding method for temperature correction and count rate expansion of inorganic scintillation detectors. A temperature sensor is attached to an inorganic scintillation detector. The inorganic scintillation detector, due to interaction with incident radiation, creates light pulse signals. A photoreceiver processes the light pulse signals to current signals. Temperature correction circuitry that uses a fast light component signal, a slow light component signal, and the temperature signal from the temperature sensor to corrected an inorganic scintillation detector signal output and expanded the count rate.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• Assignee: The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, NM)
• Patent Number(s): 7,081,626
• Application Number: 10/858,620
• OSTI ID: 908326
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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