Nuclear threat detection
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A system for detection and imaging of nuclear-radiological threats and benign radiation from a screened object, comprising:
- at least one nuclear imager adapted to image spontaneous radiation from within an object; and
at least one camera that images a field of view of said imager from outside the object to form at least one optical image; and
a controller that receives the at least one nuclear radiation image and the at least one optical image of the outside of the screened object and determines a distribution of sources of radiation within the screened object, correlates the position of the distribution with the optical image and indicates a possible threat based on loci of the radiation source within the screened object.
0 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A detector for detecting radiation, the detector comprising:
- a plurality of elongate scintillator segments arranged in a side by side array; and
- at least one pair of light sensors optically coupled to ends of each of the elongate scintillator such that they receive light from scintillations produced in the scintillator and generate electrical signals responsive thereto.
-
Citations
23 Claims
-
1. A system for detection and imaging of nuclear-radiological threats and benign radiation from a screened object, comprising:
-
at least one nuclear imager adapted to image spontaneous radiation from within an object; and at least one camera that images a field of view of said imager from outside the object to form at least one optical image; and a controller that receives the at least one nuclear radiation image and the at least one optical image of the outside of the screened object and determines a distribution of sources of radiation within the screened object, correlates the position of the distribution with the optical image and indicates a possible threat based on loci of the radiation source within the screened object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
-
Specification