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Radiation detector

US6300624A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 25, 1999
Grant dateOct 9, 2001
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Expiry dateMar 25, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01V5/04
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention is a stationary radiation detection tool that provides an azimuthal indication of the location of subterranean radiation sources. In one embodiment, the tool has four gamma ray sondes, each of which receives gamma rays from a discrete sector of surrounding formation.

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