Cellular telephone-based radiation detection instrument
First Claim
1. A radiation detection instrument comprising:
- a mobile communications device having wireless means for communicating over a wireless communications network from various locations;
a radiation detector operably connected to said mobile communications device for measuring the individual energies of detected photons in list mode at said various locations;
a clock-calendar operably connected to said mobile communications device for determining the time-date associated with each detected photon in list mode;
a locator operably connected to said mobile communications device for determining the location of said instrument associated with each detected photon; and
means for analyzing radiation data collected by the radiation detector to identify isotopes from the radiation data individual photon energies detected at said various locations, the detection time-date associated with each detected photon, and the instrument location associated with each detected photon, and displaying said data via the mobile communications device.
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Abstract
A network of radiation detection instruments, each having a small solid state radiation sensor module integrated into a cellular phone for providing radiation detection data and analysis directly to a user. The sensor module includes a solid-state crystal bonded to an ASIC readout providing a low cost, low power, light weight compact instrument to detect and measure radiation energies in the local ambient radiation field. In particular, the photon energy, time of event, and location of the detection instrument at the time of detection is recorded for real time transmission to a central data collection/analysis system. The collected data from the entire network of radiation detection instruments are combined by intelligent correlation/analysis algorithms which map the background radiation and detect, identify and track radiation anomalies in the region.
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31 Claims
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1. A radiation detection instrument comprising:
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a mobile communications device having wireless means for communicating over a wireless communications network from various locations; a radiation detector operably connected to said mobile communications device for measuring the individual energies of detected photons in list mode at said various locations; a clock-calendar operably connected to said mobile communications device for determining the time-date associated with each detected photon in list mode; a locator operably connected to said mobile communications device for determining the location of said instrument associated with each detected photon; and means for analyzing radiation data collected by the radiation detector to identify isotopes from the radiation data individual photon energies detected at said various locations, the detection time-date associated with each detected photon, and the instrument location associated with each detected photon, and displaying said data via the mobile communications device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A radiation detection instrument comprising:
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a mobile communications device having wireless means for communicating with a data server of a central monitoring system over a wireless communications network from various locations; a radiation detector operably connected to said mobile communications device for measuring the individual energies of detected photons at said various locations in list mode; a clock-calendar operably connected to said mobile communications device for determining the time-date associated with each detected photon in list mode; and a locator operably connected to said mobile communications device for determining the location of said instrument associated with each detected photon, wherein said mobile communications device is adapted to transmit radiation data of the individual photon energies detected at said various locations and the corresponding detection time-date and detection location associated with each to the data server of said central monitoring system. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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