Communications: electrical – Condition responsive indicating system – Specific condition
Reexamination Certificate
2011-04-26
2011-04-26
Lieu, Julie (Department: 2612)
Communications: electrical
Condition responsive indicating system
Specific condition
C250S370010, C250S370140, C250S370150, C257S355000, C257S678000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07932828
ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus are described for space charge dosimeters for extremely low power measurements of radiation in shipping containers. A method includes in situ polling a suite of passive integrating ionizing radiation sensors including reading-out dosimetric data from a first passive integrating ionizing radiation sensor and a second passive integrating ionizing radiation sensor, where the first passive integrating ionizing radiation sensor and the second passive integrating ionizing radiation sensor remain situated where the dosimetric data was integrated while reading-out. Another method includes arranging a plurality of ionizing radiation sensors in a spatially dispersed array; determining a relative position of each of the plurality of ionizing radiation sensors to define a volume of interest; collecting ionizing radiation data from at least a subset of the plurality of ionizing radiation sensors; and triggering an alarm condition when a dose level of an ionizing radiation source is calculated to exceed a threshold.
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Britton, Jr. Charles L.
Bryan William L.
Buckner Mark A.
Hanson Gregory R.
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
Lieu Julie
UT-Battelle LLC
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