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DOSE RATE MONITORING DEVICE

A dose rate monitoring device contains a first radiation detector including an inorganic crystal scintillator, a second radiation detector including a plastic scintillator, a detector mount having a cylinder part, a low range calculator calculating a first compensation dose rate of an incident radioactive ray based on the detection signal pulse, a high range calculator calculating a second compensation dose rate of an incident radioactive ray based on the detection signal pulse, a dose rate calculator calculating a dose rate ratio from the first compensation dose rate and the second compensation dose rate, and choosing a compensation dose rate according to the magnitude of the calculated dose rate ratio; and a display displaying the compensation dose rate which is outputted from the dose calculator, wherein the plastic scintillator which is included in the second radiation detector is wound around the cylinder part of the detector mount.

RADIATION DETECTOR

According to one embodiment, a radiation detector includes first and second resin members, a detection part, a wiring part, and a controller. The first resin member includes first and second partial regions, and a third partial region between the first and second partial regions. The second resin member includes fourth and fifth partial regions. The detection part is provided between the first and fourth partial regions. The detection part includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer provided between the first conductive layer and the fourth partial region, and an organic semiconductor layer provided between the first and second conductive layers. The wiring part is provided between the third and fifth partial regions. The wiring part includes first and second wiring layers. The controller is fixed to the second partial region. The controller is electrically connected with the first and second wiring layers.

METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA RELATING TO A RADIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF A PATIENT

A method for processing data relating to a radiological examination of a patient by way of a determining device, comprises the steps of acquiring doses (Ci, ti) measured at a plurality of times ti, storing these time-stamped measurements of radiation doses, and acquiring at least one DICOM digital file containing information on the examination, wherein the method comprises the following steps: acquiring and storing at least one DICOM digital file delivered by the tomograph during or after a tomography; acquiring and storing time-stamped measurements of the doses detected via a scintillating fiber placed on the table, and time-stamped movements of the table; interpolating the measurements (Ci, ti) with data of the image (DICOM) in a common interpolated space and constructing a table (Ck, DICOMk) in the interpolated space; and determining a table of the average dose levels Tz in each slice T depending on the data (DICOMk, Ck).

DEVICE OF DETECTING RAY DOSE ADAPTABLE FOR COUPLING WITH TERMINAL AND METHOD OF DETECTING RAY DOSE

Provided is a device of detecting a ray dose adaptable for coupling with a terminal, including: a housing, a scintillator and a light shielding layer. The housing has an accommodating space and a window, the accommodating space is in communication with the window; the scintillator is configured to receive a ray and convert a received ray into a visible light, the scintillator is located in the accommodating space, the scintillator covers the window, an outer surface of the scintillator includes a first outer surface and a second outer surface, and the first outer surface is adapted to a camera of the terminal; and the light shielding layer is configured to shield a visible light in an external environment from illuminating on the scintillator, the light shielding layer is arranged on the second outer surface of the scintillator.

Gamma ray and neutron dosimeter

A dosimeter includes a housing and a printed circuit board positioned within the housing. A silicon photomultiplier is operably connected to the printed circuit board. A scintillator formed of Ce-activated lithium aluminosilicate glass is positioned on the silicon photomultiplier. An optical coupling is positioned between the scintillator and the silicon photomultiplier, and an optical reflector surrounds the scintillator.

Radiation monitor and radiation measurement method

Provided is a radiation monitor and the like capable of appropriately measuring radiation. A radiation monitor (100) includes: radiation detection units (11, 12); optical fibers (13p, 13q) that transmit light generated by a plurality of radiation detection elements (11a, 12a) to merge; a light detection unit (14) that converts the light after merging guided to the light detection unit into an electric pulse; a measurement device (15) that calculates a dose rate of radiation based on a count rate of the electric pulses; and an analysis/display device (16). Housings (11b, 12b) include a housing (11b) made of a first material and another housing (12b) made of a second material.

Prompt gamma monitor for hadron therapy
11506801 · 2022-11-22 · ·

A medical imaging tool is described, capable of providing in real time 2-D images of the prompt gamma fields released during patient treatment. Owing to its millimetre position accuracy, the instrument is particularly suited for applications where a precise determination of the end-of-range (Bragg peak) of the beam is of paramount importance, as in cancerous and non-cancerous targets for treatment with ion beams and for the treatment of atrial fibrillation. With its unique dual-layer conception in coincidence, the instrument has high rejection ability against false neutron-generated counts, the principal source of background noise for in-beam dose monitoring. It can also provide a coarse measurement of the gamma incidence angle, permitting a correction of the parallax error, main source of dispersion for large area detectors employing collimators.

METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PARTICLE BEAM DOSE PROFILE MEASUREMENT
20220365225 · 2022-11-17 ·

Examples of the present disclosure relate to a particle beam dose profile measurement apparatus comprising a particle detector stack comprising a plurality of scintillator layers. Each scintillator layer of the detector stack is disposed along an axis of the apparatus such that the axis projects through each layer. Each scintillator layer is configured to produce scintillation light indicative of an energy deposition, in that scintillator, of a particle beam incident upon the detector stack along said axis. The apparatus comprises readout circuitry configured to measure the scintillation light of each scintillator layer; and dose profile determination circuitry configured to determine a dose profile of said particle beam within the detector stack. Said determining is based on the measured scintillation light of each scintillator layer, and a quenching correction.

Method and apparatus for dose measurement in an x-ray device

An apparatus, for dose measurement designed for use in an x-ray device, is disclosed. In an embodiment, the apparatus includes a mirror element designed to inject a light field into an x-ray beam penetrating through the mirror element; and a measuring device to measure radiation-induced changes to a carrier material. The carrier material is part of the mirror element and/or another component of the apparatus, which lies in the radiation field of the x-ray device when used normally in an x-ray device. A corresponding method for dose measurement and to an x-ray device is also disclosed.

Automated 3D dosimetry
11607566 · 2023-03-21 ·

An improved hodoscope radiation detector includes a cone filled with a plastic medium that is closer to the density of water (“tissue equivalent”) than air. The medium may have the following properties: 1) Highly transparent with little optical distortion 2) Produces light along the path of incident radiation (x-rays, protons, and ions of heavier weight like carbon, helium, etc.—also called hadrons) 3) Moldable and/or machinable (i.e., not a hard crystal) 4) Homogeneous—evenly distributed density. This medium can fill the cone completely or only a section of the cone (i.e., frustum) or a subsection of the cone such as a cylinder.