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Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 15, 2011
Applicants:

Brandon W. Blackburn, Idaho Falls, ID (US);

David L. Chichester, Idaho Falls, ID (US);

Scott M. Watson, Idaho Falls, ID (US);

James T. Johnson, Rigby, ID (US);

Mathew T. Kinlaw, Idaho Falls, ID (US);

Inventors:

Brandon W. Blackburn, Idaho Falls, ID (US);

David L. Chichester, Idaho Falls, ID (US);

Scott M. Watson, Idaho Falls, ID (US);

James T. Johnson, Rigby, ID (US);

Mathew T. Kinlaw, Idaho Falls, ID (US);

Assignees:

Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);

U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/205 (2006.01); G01T 1/20 (2006.01); G01V 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 5/0016 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus to capture images of fluorescence generated by ionizing radiation and determine a position of a beam of ionizing radiation generating the fluorescence from the captured images. In one embodiment, the fluorescence is the result of ionization and recombination of nitrogen in air.


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