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Autonomous gamma, X-ray, and particle detector

  • US 9,606,245 B1
  • Filed: 03/24/2016
  • Issued: 03/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An autonomous scintillation detector comprising:

  • a plurality of scintillator elements arranged in an array;

    a plurality of detectors, each respective detector being coupled to a respective scintillator element and being configured to selectively detect scintillation of the respective coupled scintillator element;

    wherein each respective scintillator element at least one of;

    is optically and electrically isolated from each other scintillator element of the array; and

    comprises a scintillation crystal, and each detector comprises a thin film photonic detector directly patterned on a surface of each respective scintillation crystal;

    a clock, configured to generate a clock signal having a resolution of less than or equal to 10 nS;

    circuitry coupled to each of the plurality of detectors and receiving the clock signal, configured to produce a detection event in response to excitation of a respective scintillator element, the detection event comprising a quantitative scintillation parameter and a time of detection;

    a memory;

    an interface to a shared addressable digital packet communication network;

    an automated processor configured to;

    store a plurality of records representing a plurality of detection events in the memory, each record comprising a respective detection event and an identification of a respective scintillation element associated with the respective detection event;

    process the stored plurality of records according to at least one filter criteria;

    transmit the stored records through the shared addressable digital packet communication network; and

    receive control information through the shared addressable digital packet communication network; and

    a housing configured to surround at least the plurality of scintillator elements, the plurality of detectors, the clock, the circuitry, the memory, and the automated processor.

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