Method and system for imaging a radiation source
Abstract
A method for imaging a radiation source, and a device that utilizes these methods that in one embodiment include the steps of: calculating at least one Compton cone of a first parameter of a radiation emission from information received from a sensor occurrence; and tracing this Compton cone on to a unit sphere having preselected characteristics using an estimated angular uncertainty to limit at least a portion of said tracing. In another embodiment of the invention at least two Compton cones are calculated and then intersected upon a predefined surface such as a sphere. These intersection points can then be iterated over a preselected series of prior events.
- Inventors:
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- Richland, WA
- Kennewick, WA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1016693
- Patent Number(s):
- 7928399
- Application Number:
- 12/518,964
- Assignee:
- Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RLO1830
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Myjak, Mitchell J, Seifert, Carolyn E, and Morris, Scott J. Method and system for imaging a radiation source. United States: N. p., 2011.
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Myjak, Mitchell J, Seifert, Carolyn E, & Morris, Scott J. Method and system for imaging a radiation source. United States.
Myjak, Mitchell J, Seifert, Carolyn E, and Morris, Scott J. Tue .
"Method and system for imaging a radiation source". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1016693.
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abstractNote = {A method for imaging a radiation source, and a device that utilizes these methods that in one embodiment include the steps of: calculating at least one Compton cone of a first parameter of a radiation emission from information received from a sensor occurrence; and tracing this Compton cone on to a unit sphere having preselected characteristics using an estimated angular uncertainty to limit at least a portion of said tracing. In another embodiment of the invention at least two Compton cones are calculated and then intersected upon a predefined surface such as a sphere. These intersection points can then be iterated over a preselected series of prior events.},
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