Gamma ray spectroscopy employing divalent europium-doped alkaline earth halides and digital readout for accurate histogramming
US8884233B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 5, 2010 |
| Grant date | Nov 11, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 17, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01T1/208
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A scintillator radiation detector system according to one embodiment includes a scintillator; and a processing device for processing pulse traces corresponding to light pulses from the scintillator, wherein pulse digitization is used to improve energy resolution of the system. A scintillator radiation detector system according to another embodiment includes a processing device for fitting digitized scintillation waveforms to an algorithm based on identifying rise and decay times and performing a direct integration of fit parameters. A method according to yet another embodiment includes processing pulse traces corresponding to light pulses from a scintillator, wherein pulse digitization is used to improve energy resolution of the system. A method in a further embodiment includes fitting digitized scintillation waveforms to an algorithm based on identifying rise and decay times; and performing a direct integration of fit parameters. Additional systems and methods are also presented.
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