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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2005
Larry G. Blackwood, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Edward L. Reber, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Kenneth W. Rohde, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Larry G. Blackwood, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Edward L. Reber, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Kenneth W. Rohde, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Abstract
A method for detecting an element is disclosed and which includes the steps of providing a gamma-ray spectrum which depicts, at least in part, a test region having boundaries, and which has a small amount of the element to be detected; providing a calculation which detects the small amount of the element to be detected; and providing a moving window and performing the calculation within the moving window, and over a range of possible window boundaries within the test region to determine the location of the optimal test region within the gamma-ray spectrum.