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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2004
Peter Trevor Doughty, Bristol, GB;
Michael John Anderson, Isle of Wight, GB;
David Jeremy Prendergast, Sheffield, GB;
Ian Benson, Surrey, GB;
Peter Trevor Doughty, Bristol, GB;
Michael John Anderson, Isle of Wight, GB;
David Jeremy Prendergast, Sheffield, GB;
Ian Benson, Surrey, GB;
Radiation Watch Limited, Isle of Wight, GB;
Abstract
An assembly () for monitoring ionising radiation comprises a detector substrate () for generating electronic charge responsive to incident ionising radiation, the detector substrate () having an array of ionising radiation sense volumes () formed in it. A circuit substrate () supporting an array of read-out circuits () corresponding to the array of sense volumes is mechanically and electrically coupled to the detector substrate (). Each of the read-out circuits () is switchable between first and second charge integration modes for receiving charge from a corresponding sense volume. A charge integration circuit () is configured in the first charge integration mode to integrate charge corresponding to sensing of a single ionising radiation detection event in a corresponding sense volume and in the second charge integrating mode to integrate charge corresponding to sensing a plurality of ionising radiation detection events in the corresponding sense volume. In another embodiment the read-out circuitry includes photon-counting circuitry ().