RADIATION SURVEYING
First Claim
1. A radiation survey system, comprising:
- a radiation detector that measures radiation substantially continuously;
a control unit that receives data from the radiation detector and processes the data; and
a display device that receives the processed data from the control unit and displays the processed data on a display substantially continuously to show radiation levels fluctuating within a normal range as the radiation detector is moved to different areas, wherein the display device is wearable or carryable by an operator.
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Abstract
In order to improve the compliance of proper radiography surveys, and to overcome the myriad of human factor and other reasons that may cause an operator—consciously or unconsciously—to not make a survey, the system described herein may serve to transform the survey process from a totally active effort to a largely passive one. The system described herein is active, thus allowing the operator to be more passive in connection with performance of radiation surveys. In concept, according to the system described herein, surveying radiographic equipment and general areas is transformed from the requirement to attentively move an instrument through space while observing a meter panel. Instead, the system described herein enables a process whereby the operator may perform other (non-survey) activities while the survey occurs automatically and provides the results directly to the operator without requiring the operator to make independent, active efforts.
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22 Claims
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1. A radiation survey system, comprising:
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a radiation detector that measures radiation substantially continuously; a control unit that receives data from the radiation detector and processes the data; and a display device that receives the processed data from the control unit and displays the processed data on a display substantially continuously to show radiation levels fluctuating within a normal range as the radiation detector is moved to different areas, wherein the display device is wearable or carryable by an operator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of performing a radiation survey, comprising:
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disposing a radiation detector at a position on an operator; measuring radiation at the radiation detector; receiving substantially continuously, at a control unit, data sent from the radiation detector; processing the received data at the control unit; receiving, at a display device, the processed data sent from the control unit; and displaying the processed data to an operator on a display of the display unit substantially continuously to show radiation levels fluctuating within a normal range as the radiation detector is moved to different areas, wherein the display unit is worn or carried by the operator. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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