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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2007
Adrian Ivan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Steven Jude Duclos, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Daniel Bruno Mcdevitt, Schenectady, NY (US);
James Richard Williams, Lorain, OH (US);
Brent Allen Clothier, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Jeffrey Seymour Gordon, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Adrian Ivan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Steven Jude Duclos, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Daniel Bruno McDevitt, Schenectady, NY (US);
James Richard Williams, Lorain, OH (US);
Brent Allen Clothier, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Jeffrey Seymour Gordon, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
An integrated radiation detector having a pulse-mode operating photosensor optically coupled to a gamma sensing element and a neutron sensing element is disclosed. The detector includes pulse shape and processing electronics package that uses an analog to digital converter (ADC) and a charge to digital converter (QDC) to determine scintillation decay times and classify radiation interactions by radiation type. The pulse shape and processing electronics package determines a maximum gamma energy from the spectrum associated with gamma rays detected by the gamma sensing element to adaptively select a gamma threshold for the neutron sensing element. A light pulse attributed to the neutron sensing element is a valid neutron event when the amplitude of the light pulse is above the gamma threshold.