Radiant energy – Invisible radiant energy responsive electric signalling – With or including a luminophor
Patent
1985-03-13
1987-03-10
Howell, Janice A.
Radiant energy
Invisible radiant energy responsive electric signalling
With or including a luminophor
250362, 250370, 250390, 2505151, G01T 120, G21F 300
Patent
active
046492763
ABSTRACT:
A high-energy radiation detector includes a collimator, coupled to one end of a scintillator and the other end of the scintillator optically coupled to an optical window. The optical window is composed of a material having a predetermined amount of heavy metal therein. The optical window is further coupled to a photomultiplier which generates an electrical signal based upon the amount of light directed thereon. A radiation shield extends only around the scintillator and around limited portions of the optical window to minimize the weight of the radiation detector. A method for detecting high-energy radiation includes the steps of collimating the radiation, transforming the collimated radiation into light, optically channeling the light, converting the channeled light into an electrical signal, and shielding the non-collimated radiation which would have been transformed due to the directional orientation of that non-collimated radiation by excluding said non-collimated radiation during the optical channeling of the light and by further excluding the non-collimated radiation from the immediate vicinity of the transformation of the collimated radiation.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2688095 (1954-08-01), Andrews
patent: 2739242 (1956-03-01), Armistead
patent: 3039000 (1962-06-01), Kieffer et al.
patent: 3087060 (1963-04-01), Omohundro et al.
patent: 3246157 (1966-04-01), Reed et al.
patent: 3538328 (1970-11-01), Strausser
patent: 3858050 (1974-12-01), Carlson
patent: 3882309 (1975-05-01), Paap
patent: 3883741 (1975-05-01), Thumim
patent: 3890505 (1975-06-01), Olson
patent: 3950647 (1976-04-01), Piltingsrud
patent: 4060730 (1977-11-01), Zioni et al.
patent: 4243884 (1981-01-01), Avera, Jr.
patent: 4383175 (1983-05-01), Toepke
F. Dydak, G. Laverriere, F. L. Navarria, P. Steffen, P. Schilly, E. G. H. Williams, H. Taureg and M. Vysocansky, "Performance of a Lead-Glass Detector for High-Energy .gamma.-Rays" Nuclear Instruments and Methods, vol. 137, No. 3, (Sep. 15, 1976), pp. 427-434.
"An Ambulatory Ventricular Function Monitor: Validation and Preliminary Clinical Results," Wilson et al., Sep. 1, 1983 issue of The American Journal of Cardiology, pp. 601-606.
"Performance of Different Phoswich Configurations in a Balloon Flight Experiment", by F. Frontera et al., Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, (Apr. 1985), vol. A235, No. 3, pp. 573-581.
Capintec Inc.
Hannaher Constantine
Howell Janice A.
LandOfFree
High-energy radiation detector and method of detection does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with High-energy radiation detector and method of detection, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and High-energy radiation detector and method of detection will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-1023085