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Title: Device for calibrating a radiation detector system

Abstract

A device for testing a radiation detector system that includes at least two arrays of radiation detectors that are movable with respect to each other. The device includes a "shield plate" or shell, and an opposing "source plate" containing a source of ionizing radiation. Guides are attached to the outer surface of the shell for engaging the forward ends of the detectors, thereby reproducibly positioning the detectors with respect to the source and with respect to each other, thereby ensuring that a predetermined portion of the radiation emitted by the source passes through the shell and reaches the detectors. The shell is made of an hydrogenous material having approximately the same radiological attenuation characteristics as composite human tissue. The source represents a human organ such as the lungs, heart, kidneys, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, thyroid, testes, prostate, or ovaries. The source includes a source of ionizing radiation having a long half-life and an activity that is within the range typically searched for in human subjects.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. New Ellenton, SC
  2. Beech Island, SC
  3. Aiken, SC
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
869682
Patent Number(s):
5376803
Assignee:
United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21F - PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT
DOE Contract Number:  
AC09-89SR18035
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
device; calibrating; radiation; detector; testing; arrays; detectors; movable; respect; shield; plate; shell; opposing; source; containing; ionizing; guides; attached; outer; surface; engaging; forward; reproducibly; positioning; ensuring; predetermined; portion; emitted; passes; reaches; hydrogenous; material; approximately; radiological; attenuation; characteristics; composite; human; tissue; represents; organ; lungs; heart; kidneys; liver; spleen; pancreas; thyroid; testes; prostate; ovaries; half-life; activity; range; typically; searched; subjects; predetermined portion; outer surface; radiation detector; ionizing radiation; radiation detectors; radiation emitted; hydrogenous material; human tissue; /250/378/

Citation Formats

Mc Fee, Matthew C, Kirkham, Tim J, and Johnson, Tippi H. Device for calibrating a radiation detector system. United States: N. p., 1994. Web.
Mc Fee, Matthew C, Kirkham, Tim J, & Johnson, Tippi H. Device for calibrating a radiation detector system. United States.
Mc Fee, Matthew C, Kirkham, Tim J, and Johnson, Tippi H. Sat . "Device for calibrating a radiation detector system". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/869682.
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abstractNote = {A device for testing a radiation detector system that includes at least two arrays of radiation detectors that are movable with respect to each other. The device includes a "shield plate" or shell, and an opposing "source plate" containing a source of ionizing radiation. Guides are attached to the outer surface of the shell for engaging the forward ends of the detectors, thereby reproducibly positioning the detectors with respect to the source and with respect to each other, thereby ensuring that a predetermined portion of the radiation emitted by the source passes through the shell and reaches the detectors. The shell is made of an hydrogenous material having approximately the same radiological attenuation characteristics as composite human tissue. The source represents a human organ such as the lungs, heart, kidneys, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, thyroid, testes, prostate, or ovaries. The source includes a source of ionizing radiation having a long half-life and an activity that is within the range typically searched for in human subjects.},
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year = {Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1994},
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