Abstract:
Improved end blocks for the electrode array of a multicell radiation detector support the array and isolate it from the interior walls of an enclosed ionization chamber. A plunger extends from the rear wall of each end block and is biased by a spring within the end block to bear against the rear wall of the detector chamber, biasing the electrode array forwardly against front spacers to position the front edges of the electrodes in equidistantly spaced relation to a x-ray transmissive window formed in the front wall of the detector housing. The bias exerted by the springs is adjustable. A tool is inserted into each end block during assembly of the detector to retract the plungers while the array is being positioned within the opened ionization chamber.The invention greatly reduces noise in the detector caused by microphonics, thus improving the integrity of the detected signal and permitting shorter scanning times and other advantages.
Abstract:
An ionization type smoke sensing device includes a printed board. An inner electrode made of heat-resistant metal is attached to the printed board and a radioactive source is fixed to the inner electrode. An outer electrode in the form of a bottomed cylinder made of heat-resistant metal and adapted to cover the inner electrode extends through the printed board and is integrally joined to a protective lid member made of heat-resistant metal at the back of the printed board. Therefore, the outer electrode and the lid member cooperate with each other to define an ionization chamber. The outer electrode is formed with smoke inlet ports for introducing smoke into the ionization chamber. The electric circuit serves to give pulse signals of a relatively high voltage to the outer electrode and to detect the presence of smoke on the basis of the amount of a current flowing through the inner electrode.
Abstract:
Ionization chamber detector making it possible to eliminate stray signals generally due to deformations of lines of force of the electrical field created between the electrodes of the ionization chamber, the deformations being located at the ends of the electrodes. The detector comprises an ionization chamber sealingly subdivided into at least two compartments by means of a dielectric material partition which is permeable to the ionizing radiation beam, the compartments being successively arranged on the path of the beam. The downstream compartment contains the measuring electrodes and the upstream compartments the guard electrodes, which are respectively coplanar and are raised to the same potentials as the measuring electrodes. The gases introduced into both compartments at the same high pressure have different atomic numbers.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a zero displacement ionization chamber for use in calibrating radiation units. The ionization chamber includes a thimble chamber having first and second electrodes with predetermined thickness and length separated from one another by a pre-defined air gap. The material density and air gap density are balanced by weighting the normal path lengths of radiation rays through the thimble chamber, thereby affecting the thimble chamber having an overall density substantially the same as water thus yielding a zero displacement when placed in water. The first and second electrodes are further electrically connected to a power source for creating an ionization effect when receiving radiation rays in the air gap so that a signal indicative of the radiation exposure may be detected by an electrical connection to one of the electrodes.
Abstract:
An ionization chamber for measuring an energy dose having a chamber wall with an electromagnetic radiation absorption characteristic equivalent to air, tissue or water and a neck part and being closed on all sides, an air compensation orifice; an outer electrode formed by a conductive coating on the inner surface of the chamber wall, an inner electrode and an electrically conductive ring surrounding the neck part of the chamber wall is disclosed. The chamber wall consists of at least 85% by weight of a base material containing polyacetal in a mixture with up to 20% by weight of polytetrafluoroethylene having additives consisting of one or more of calcium oxide, aluminum oxide, aluminum and carbon. The conductive coating on the inner surface of the chamber wall consists of a material containing one or more elements having an atomic number greater than 8.
Abstract:
Conductive terminals located within a casing constituted by two separable portions and conductive terminals located outside the casing are interconnected by means of conductors which pass through the casing between the two separable portions. In particular, the invention permits interconnection of detection cells and measuring channels within an X-ray tomographic apparatus while preventing leakage currents, the connecting conductors being insulated with respect to each other and with respect to the casing.
Abstract:
An ionization particle detector for indicating the presence of charged particles in a gas includes a single ionization chamber having two defined regions of electrical field intensity. The first region is of small geometric volume and high electric field intensity while the second region is of large geometric volume and low electric field intensity. The radioactive source for generating the ions is located near one electrode while the second electrode forming the walls of the chamber are located such that the walls are incident near the Bragg ionization peak of the detector. A probe is positioned between the two regions for detecting the maximum electric field change when particles enter the chamber.
Abstract:
The detector uses a single radioactive source, such as a beta ionization source, with a multiple chamber construction. The source is positionable relative to the center or node electrode to provide simple adjustment of ionization in each chamber of say a dual chamber detector. Adjustment may be achieved without altering the geometric volume of the chambers or electrode spacing, but instead by altering the ratio of the source area protruding into each chamber. In one embodiment the center or node electrode is fixed and the source is adjustable in a direction normal to the electrode or by tilting relative to the electrode. In another embodiment the source is fixed and the electrode is adjustable relative to the position of the source. The principles may also be embodied in a three-chamber detector.
Abstract:
A compact single- or multi-channel radiation detector capable of sending forth a large and stable output signal by being operated in a proportional region which comprises a single or a plurality of electrode assemblies each prepared by inserting between a pair of mutually facing parallel high voltage electrodes an electric charge-collecting electrode having a plurality of metal wires spatially arranged in a plane parallel with said paired high voltage electrodes, and wherein the single or plural electrode assemblies are received in a case provided with a radiation inlet section and filled with a gaseous element mainly consisting of a rare gas such as argon or xenon.
Abstract:
A radiation detection ionization chamber comprising an elongated cylindrical pencil-shaped tubing forming an outer wall of the chamber and a center electrode disposed along the major axis of the tubing is disclosed. The length of the chamber is substantially greater than the diameter. A cable connecting portion at one end of the chamber is provided for connecting the chamber to a triaxial cable. An end support portion is connected at the other end of the chamber for supporting and tensioning the center electrode.