Gamma ray spectroscopy employing divalent europium-doped alkaline earth halides and digital readout for accurate histogramming
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a scintillator radiation detector system includes a scintillator, and a processing device for processing pulse traces corresponding to light pulses from the scintillator, where the processing device is configured to: process each pulse trace over at least two temporal windows and to use pulse digitization to improve energy resolution of the system. According to another embodiment, a scintillator radiation detector system includes a processing device configured to: fit digitized scintillation waveforms to an algorithm, perform a direct integration of fit parameters, process multiple integration windows for each digitized scintillation waveform to determine a correction factor, and apply the correction factor to each digitized scintillation waveform.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1237855
- Patent Number(s):
- 9255995
- Application Number:
- 14/525,112
- Assignee:
- Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2014 Oct 27
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Cherepy, Nerine Jane, Payne, Stephen Anthony, Drury, Owen B., and Sturm, Benjamin W. Gamma ray spectroscopy employing divalent europium-doped alkaline earth halides and digital readout for accurate histogramming. United States: N. p., 2016.
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Cherepy, Nerine Jane, Payne, Stephen Anthony, Drury, Owen B., & Sturm, Benjamin W. Gamma ray spectroscopy employing divalent europium-doped alkaline earth halides and digital readout for accurate histogramming. United States.
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author = {Cherepy, Nerine Jane and Payne, Stephen Anthony and Drury, Owen B. and Sturm, Benjamin W.},
abstractNote = {According to one embodiment, a scintillator radiation detector system includes a scintillator, and a processing device for processing pulse traces corresponding to light pulses from the scintillator, where the processing device is configured to: process each pulse trace over at least two temporal windows and to use pulse digitization to improve energy resolution of the system. According to another embodiment, a scintillator radiation detector system includes a processing device configured to: fit digitized scintillation waveforms to an algorithm, perform a direct integration of fit parameters, process multiple integration windows for each digitized scintillation waveform to determine a correction factor, and apply the correction factor to each digitized scintillation waveform.},
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