Invention Application
- Patent Title: Composite Gamma-Neutron Detection System
- Patent Title (中): 复合伽玛中子检测系统
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Application No.: US14597129Application Date: 2015-01-14
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Publication No.: US20160091618A1Publication Date: 2016-03-31
- Inventor: Tsahi Gozani , Michael Joseph King , Donald Bennett Hilliard , Joseph Bendahan
- Applicant: Rapiscan Systems, Inc.
- Priority: GB0810638.7 20080611
- Main IPC: G01T3/06
- IPC: G01T3/06 ; G01T1/203 ; G01T3/00 ; G01T1/20

Abstract:
The present invention provides a gamma-neutron detector based on mixtures of thermal neutron absorbers that produce heavy-particle emission following thermal capture. In one configuration, B-10 based detector is used in a parallel electrode plate geometry that integrates neutron moderating sheets, such as polyethylene, on the back of the electrode plates to thermalize the neutrons and then detect them with high efficiency. The moderator can also be replaced with plastic scintillator sheets viewed with a large area photomultiplier tube to detect gamma-rays as well. The detector can be used in several scanning configurations including portal, drive-through, drive-by, handheld and backpack, etc.
Public/Granted literature
- US09329285B2 Composite gamma-neutron detection system Public/Granted day:2016-05-03
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