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Title: Real time gamma-ray signature identifier

Abstract

A real time gamma-ray signature/source identification method and system using principal components analysis (PCA) for transforming and substantially reducing one or more comprehensive spectral libraries of nuclear materials types and configurations into a corresponding concise representation/signature(s) representing and indexing each individual predetermined spectrum in principal component (PC) space, wherein an unknown gamma-ray signature may be compared against the representative signature to find a match or at least characterize the unknown signature from among all the entries in the library with a single regression or simple projection into the PC space, so as to substantially reduce processing time and computing resources and enable real-time characterization and/or identification.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [3];  [4]
  1. Alamo, CA
  2. Moraga, CA
  3. Livermore, CA
  4. Dublin, CA
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1042636
Patent Number(s):
8180579
Application Number:
11/390,728
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Citation Formats

Rowland, Mark, Gosnell, Tom B, Ham, Cheryl, Perkins, Dwight, and Wong, James. Real time gamma-ray signature identifier. United States: N. p., 2012. Web.
Rowland, Mark, Gosnell, Tom B, Ham, Cheryl, Perkins, Dwight, & Wong, James. Real time gamma-ray signature identifier. United States.
Rowland, Mark, Gosnell, Tom B, Ham, Cheryl, Perkins, Dwight, and Wong, James. Tue . "Real time gamma-ray signature identifier". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1042636.
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