Gamma-ray spectrometry
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1. A system, comprising:
- a gamma-ray spectrometer, including;
a scintillation body for receiving gamma-rays and creating photons therefrom;
a photon detector having a sensitive area facing the scintillation body so as to receive and detect the photons; and
a processor operable to process energy loss data obtained by the gamma-ray spectrometer by deconvolution using a response function for the gamma-ray spectrometer.
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Abstract
A scintillation spectrometer provides improved resolution by ensuring that photons generated by scintillation events occurring in different locations within the scintillation material generate similar light profiles on the photo-detector, thereby making the output signal less sensitive to the initial interaction site and enabling more effective de-convolution of raw data. This is achieved in different ways, such as by: limiting the exit window of the scintillation crystal, introducing a spacer between the scintillation crystal and the detector window, or providing a crystal that is longer than necessary to stop gamma rays.
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32 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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a gamma-ray spectrometer, including; a scintillation body for receiving gamma-rays and creating photons therefrom; a photon detector having a sensitive area facing the scintillation body so as to receive and detect the photons; and a processor operable to process energy loss data obtained by the gamma-ray spectrometer by deconvolution using a response function for the gamma-ray spectrometer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system, comprising:
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a gamma-ray spectrometer, comprising; means for absorbing gamma-rays and creating photons; and a photon detector arranged to receive and detect photons; and a processor operable to process energy loss data obtained by the gamma-ray spectrometer by deconvolution using a response function for the gamma-ray spectrometer. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A system, comprising:
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a gamma-ray spectrometer comprising a scintillation body for absorbing gamma-rays within the scintillation body and creating photons therefrom, and means for receiving and detecting the photons; and a processor operable to process energy loss data obtained by the gamma-ray spectrometer by deconvolution using a response function for the gamma-ray spectrometer. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of gamma-ray spectroscopy, comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing an object to be analyzed based on gamma rays; (b) collecting energy-loss data for the object provided in said step (a) with a gamma-ray spectrometer comprising a scintillation body for receiving gamma-rays and creating photons therefrom, and a photon detector having a sensitive area facing the scintillation body so as to receive and detect the photons; and (c) processing the energy-loss data collected in said step (b) by deconvolution using a response function computed for the gamma-ray spectrometer. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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30. A method of gamma-ray spectroscopy, comprising:
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(a) providing an object to be analyzed based on gamma rays of at. least a first energy; (b) collecting energy-loss data for the object provided in said step (a) with a gamma-ray spectrometer comprising a scintillation body for absorbing the gamma-rays and creating photons therefrom, and a photon detector arranged to receive and detect the photons; and (c) processing the energy-loss data collected in said step (b) by deconvolution using a response function computed for the gamma-ray spectrometer. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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