Portable Radiation Detector
First Claim
1. A method of measuring radiation comprising the steps of:
- a) reversibly coupling a scintillator appliance to a camera aperture of a hand-held electronic device such that the scintillator appliance prohibits all ambient visible light detectable by a digital camera sensor of the electronic device from reaching the digital camera sensor and such that the scintillator appliance produces visible light detectable by the digital camera sensor upon interaction with at least one form of radiation; and
b) activating the hand-held electronic device to detect the visible light produced by the scintillator appliance.
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Abstract
A scintillator appliance coupled to a camera aperture of a hand-held electronic device forms a radiation detector. The scintillator appliance includes a phosphor screen layer capable of producing visible light detectable by the digital camera sensor of the hand-held electronic device upon exposure to at least one type of radiation and a backer layer permitting passage of the radiation and prohibiting passage of visible light detectable by the digital camera sensor. In some embodiments, the scintillator appliance includes a filter layer between the phosphor screen layer and the backer layer. The filter layer includes at least one filter material capable of selectively filtering radiation based on at least one radiation feature. In some embodiments, the hand-held electronic device is a smartphone. An app on the smartphone preferably converts the detected visible light into a radiation dosage.
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1. A method of measuring radiation comprising the steps of:
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a) reversibly coupling a scintillator appliance to a camera aperture of a hand-held electronic device such that the scintillator appliance prohibits all ambient visible light detectable by a digital camera sensor of the electronic device from reaching the digital camera sensor and such that the scintillator appliance produces visible light detectable by the digital camera sensor upon interaction with at least one form of radiation; and b) activating the hand-held electronic device to detect the visible light produced by the scintillator appliance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A radiation detector comprising:
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a hand-held electronic device comprising a digital camera sensor sensing detectable visible light through a camera aperture in the electronic device; and a scintillator appliance reversibly coupleable to the camera aperture of the electronic device, the scintillator appliance comprising; a phosphor screen layer comprising at least one phosphor capable of producing visible light detectable by a digital camera sensor of an electronic device upon exposure to at least one type of radiation; and a backer layer permitting passage of the radiation to the phosphor screen layer and prohibiting passage of visible light detectable by the digital camera sensor. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A scintillator appliance comprising:
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a phosphor screen layer comprising at least one phosphor capable of producing visible light detectable by a digital camera sensor of a hand-held electronic device upon exposure to at least one type of radiation; a backer layer permitting passage of the radiation to the phosphor screen layer and prohibiting passage of visible light detectable by the digital camera sensor; and an attachment mechanism reversibly attaching the scintillator appliance to a camera aperture of the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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