Algorithm for a wireless, motion and position-sensing, integrating radiation sensor for occupational and environmental dosimetry
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors, and a machine-readable medium for storing instructions thereon which when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising the following steps;
(a) determining radiation dose values for a response matrix by determining a radiation dose value for each radiation field in a response matrix from a plurality of detector elements of a dosimeter,(b) determining a final net radiation dose value for each radiation field in the response matrix, and(c) displaying the final net radiation dose value for each radiation field in the response matrix to a user and/or saving the final net radiation dose value for each radiation field to a first storage medium,wherein each radiation field has a radiation source,wherein step (b) comprises conducting a numerical optimization process comprising the following steps;
(i) generating an initial solution vector for each radiation field,(ii) iteratively updating the initial solution vector for each radiation field until an objective function is minimized to thereby generate an optimal solution vector, and(iii) determining a radiation dose value for each radiation field based on the optimal solution vector for the source,wherein the objective function is
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Described is an apparatus, method and machine-readable medium for determining radiation dosages based on a solution vector for each radiation field and an objective function.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors, and a machine-readable medium for storing instructions thereon which when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising the following steps;
(a) determining radiation dose values for a response matrix by determining a radiation dose value for each radiation field in a response matrix from a plurality of detector elements of a dosimeter, (b) determining a final net radiation dose value for each radiation field in the response matrix, and (c) displaying the final net radiation dose value for each radiation field in the response matrix to a user and/or saving the final net radiation dose value for each radiation field to a first storage medium, wherein each radiation field has a radiation source, wherein step (b) comprises conducting a numerical optimization process comprising the following steps; (i) generating an initial solution vector for each radiation field, (ii) iteratively updating the initial solution vector for each radiation field until an objective function is minimized to thereby generate an optimal solution vector, and (iii) determining a radiation dose value for each radiation field based on the optimal solution vector for the source, wherein the objective function is - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- one or more processors, and a machine-readable medium for storing instructions thereon which when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising the following steps;
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17. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon sequences of instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, cause one or more electronic devices to perform a set of operations comprising the following steps:
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(a) determining radiation dose values for a response matrix by determining a radiation dose value for each radiation field in a response matrix from a plurality of detector elements of a dosimeter, (b) determining a final net radiation dose value for each radiation field in the response matrix, and (c) displaying the final net radiation dose value for each radiation field in the response matrix to a user and/or saving the final net radiation dose value for each radiation field to a first storage medium, wherein each radiation field has a radiation source, wherein step (b) comprises conducting a numerical optimization process comprising the following steps; (i) generating an initial solution vector for each radiation field, (ii) iteratively updating the initial solution vector for each radiation field until an objective function is minimized to thereby generate an optimal solution vector, and (iii) determining a radiation dose value for each radiation field based on the optimal solution vector for the source, wherein the objective function is - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method comprising the following steps:
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(a) determining radiation dose values for a response matrix by determining a radiation dose value for each radiation field in a response matrix from a plurality of detector elements of a dosimeter, (b) determining a final net radiation dose value for each radiation field in the response matrix, and (c) displaying the final net radiation dose value for each radiation field in the response matrix to a user and/or saving the final net radiation dose value for each radiation field to a first storage medium, wherein each radiation field has a radiation source, wherein step (b) comprises conducting a numerical optimization process comprising the following steps; (i) generating an initial solution vector for each radiation field, (ii) iteratively updating the initial solution vector for each radiation field until an objective function is minimized to thereby generate an optimal solution vector, and (iii) determining a radiation dose value for each radiation field based on the optimal solution vector for the source, wherein the objective function is - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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