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Device for detecting and localizing neutral particles, and application thereof

US4785168A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 25, 1986
Grant dateNov 15, 1988
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Expiry dateNov 25, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J47/02
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device for detecting and localizing neutral particles such as X photons, gamma photons or neutrons is essentially constituted by a solid converter (2) disposed at a glancing incidence relative to the radication to be detected, together with networks of wires such as (3') disposed in the proximity of the converter. The device is applicable to industrial imaging.

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