Apparatus and method for detecting full-capture radiation events
Abstract
An apparatus and method are disclosed for sampling the output signal of a radiation detector and distinguishing full-capture radiation events from Compton scattering events. The output signal of a radiation detector is continuously sampled. The samples are converted to digital values and input to a discriminator where samples that are representative of events are identified. The discriminator transfers only event samples, that is, samples representing full-capture events and Compton events, to a signal processor where the samples are saved in a three-dimensional count matrix with time (from the time of onset of the pulse) on the first axis, sample pulse current amplitude on the second axis, and number of samples on the third axis. The stored data are analyzed to separate the Compton events from full-capture events, and the energy of the full-capture events is determined without having determined the energies of any of the individual radiation detector events. 4 figs.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6986337
- Patent Number(s):
- 5354991
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 8-024553
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-89SR18035
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 1 Mar 1993
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS; DESIGN; RADIATION DETECTORS; DATA PROCESSING; DATA ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINATORS; IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; PROCESSING; 440100* - Radiation Instrumentation
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Odell, D M.C. Apparatus and method for detecting full-capture radiation events. United States: N. p., 1994.
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title = {Apparatus and method for detecting full-capture radiation events},
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abstractNote = {An apparatus and method are disclosed for sampling the output signal of a radiation detector and distinguishing full-capture radiation events from Compton scattering events. The output signal of a radiation detector is continuously sampled. The samples are converted to digital values and input to a discriminator where samples that are representative of events are identified. The discriminator transfers only event samples, that is, samples representing full-capture events and Compton events, to a signal processor where the samples are saved in a three-dimensional count matrix with time (from the time of onset of the pulse) on the first axis, sample pulse current amplitude on the second axis, and number of samples on the third axis. The stored data are analyzed to separate the Compton events from full-capture events, and the energy of the full-capture events is determined without having determined the energies of any of the individual radiation detector events. 4 figs.},
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