Three-axis asymmetric radiation detector system

Patent · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2000

OSTI ID:873143

Martini, Mario Pierangelo ^[1]; Gedcke, Dale A ^[1]; Raudorf, Thomas W ^[1]; Sangsingkeow, Pat ^[2]

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1. Oak Ridge, TN
2. Knoxville, TN

A three-axis radiation detection system whose inner and outer electrodes are shaped and positioned so that the shortest path between any point on the inner electrode and the outer electrode is a different length whereby the rise time of a pulse derived from a detected radiation event can uniquely define the azimuthal and radial position of that event, and the outer electrode is divided into a plurality of segments in the longitudinal axial direction for locating the axial location of a radiation detection event occurring in the diode.

• Research Organization: Univ. of California (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG03-91ER61125
• Assignee: EG&G Instruments, Inc. (Oak Ridge, TN)
• Patent Number(s): US 6100533
• OSTI ID: 873143
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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