Device and method for locating a radiation emitting source via angular dependence using a single detection crystal

Vencelj, Matjaz; Stowe, Ashley C.; Petrovic, Toni; Morrell, Jonathan S.; Kosicek, Andrej

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Title: Device and method for locating a radiation emitting source via angular dependence using a single detection crystal

Abstract

A device for sensing, locating, and characterizing a radiation emitting source, including: a detection crystal having dimensions great enough such that regional differences in radiation response are generated in the detection crystal by radiation impinging on one or more surfaces of the detection crystal; and a plurality of detectors one or more of coupled to and disposed on a plurality of surfaces of the detection crystal operable for detecting the regional differences in radiation response generated in the detection crystal by the radiation impinging on the one or more surfaces of the detection crystal.

Inventors:: Vencelj, Matjaz; Stowe, Ashley C.; Petrovic, Toni; Morrell, Jonathan S.; Kosicek, Andrej

Issue Date:: Tue Aug 21 00:00:00 EDT 2018

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant (Y-12), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1470765

Patent Number(s):: 10054697

Application Number:: 15/484,757

Assignee:: Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN); Jozef Stefan Institute (Ljubljana, SI); AISense D.O.O. (Podsreda, SI)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION

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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
G01T1/1606 - {with other specified detectors not provided for in the other sub-groups of G01T1/16
G01T1/20 - with scintillation detectors
G01T1/2023 - {Selection of materials
G01T1/24 - with semiconductor detectors
G01T1/29 - Measurement performed on radiation beams, e.g. position or section of the beam
G01T1/2907 - {Angle determination
G01T3/06 - with scintillation detectors
G01T3/08 - with semiconductor detectors

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DOE Contract Number:: NA0001942

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2017 Apr 11

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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                    Vencelj, Matjaz, Stowe, Ashley C., Petrovic, Toni, Morrell, Jonathan S., and Kosicek, Andrej. Device and method for locating a radiation emitting source via angular dependence using a single detection crystal.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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  abstractNote = {A device for sensing, locating, and characterizing a radiation emitting source, including: a detection crystal having dimensions great enough such that regional differences in radiation response are generated in the detection crystal by radiation impinging on one or more surfaces of the detection crystal; and a plurality of detectors one or more of coupled to and disposed on a plurality of surfaces of the detection crystal operable for detecting the regional differences in radiation response generated in the detection crystal by the radiation impinging on the one or more surfaces of the detection crystal.},

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