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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2004
Kiril D. Ianakiev, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Sin Tao Hsue, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Michael C. Browne, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Jeffrey M. Audia, Abiquiu, NM (US);
Kiril D. Ianakiev, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Sin Tao Hsue, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Michael C. Browne, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Jeffrey M. Audia, Abiquiu, NM (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes an apparatus and corresponding method for temperature correction and count rate expansion of inorganic scintillation detectors. A temperature sensor is attached to an inorganic scintillation detector. The inorganic scintillation detector, due to interaction with incident radiation, creates light pulse signals. A photoreceiver processes the light pulse signals to current signals. Temperature correction circuitry that uses a fast light component signal, a slow light component signal, and the temperature signal from the temperature sensor to corrected an inorganic scintillation detector signal output and expanded the count rate.