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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2011
Tatsuya Nakamura, Tokai, JP;
Masaki Katagiri, Tokai, JP;
Masumi Ebine, Tokai, JP;
Atsushi Birumachi, Tokai, JP;
Yutaka Yoribayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Tatsuya Nakamura, Tokai, JP;
Masaki Katagiri, Tokai, JP;
Masumi Ebine, Tokai, JP;
Atsushi Birumachi, Tokai, JP;
Yutaka Yoribayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, JP;
Hoshin Electronics Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A neutron image detection method is disclosed, which collects a fluorescent light generated by a neutron incident at a designated position interval in one-dimensional geometry and determines an incident position of the neutron by detecting the collected fluorescent light, in which the fluorescent light is detected by a photon counting method; a pulse signal generated by an individual output photon is extracted on the basis of a clock signal generated with the same time interval as the time width of the pulse signal generated by a single photon; a count-value distribution is obtained in terms of incident position as variable determined by a single neutron incident by counting the pulse signal output; and a neutron incident position is determined by calculating a median point on the basis of the obtained count-value distribution.