Body self-shielding background compensation for contamination monitors based on anthropometrics
US8748838B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 16, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jun 10, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 19, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01T1/167
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A system and method for correcting, based on a monitored subject's height and thickness, the net count rate value of a whole-body surface contamination monitoring device. The device includes a height detection means for determining the height of a subject being monitored, and a thickness detection means for determining the thickness of at least a portion of the body of the subject being monitored. The net count rate is based on site calibration factor data and self-shielding factor data, wherein both types of factor data consider the determined height and thickness.
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