Global Patent Index - EP 2668521 A1

EP 2668521 A1 20131204 - METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CORRECTING A PULSE STACK FOR A RADIATION DETECTOR

Title (en)

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CORRECTING A PULSE STACK FOR A RADIATION DETECTOR

Title (de)

VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR KORREKTUR EINES IMPULSSTAPELS FÜR EINEN STRAHLUNGSDETEKTOR

Title (fr)

PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF DE CORRECTION D'EMPILEMENT D'IMPULSIONS POUR UN DETECTEUR DE RAYONNEMENT

Publication

EP 2668521 A1 20131204 (FR)

Application

EP 11728640 A 20110127

Priority

FR 2011000055 W 20110127

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2012101332A1] The patent relates to a method and device for integrating electronic pulse signals output by a gamma radiation detector, and for correcting pre-pulse and post-pulse stack effects. The device uses an architecture having a double integrator which operates in parallel, the first integrator partially integrating the portion of the signal that precedes the pulse, and the second integrator integrating the pulse signal itself. The first integrator (441) performs a partial integration of the signal before the pulse, i.e. a rapid measurement of any pulse tail of a preceding event. Then, an estimation of the value of the pre-pulse stack correction is calculated by extrapolation, from this measured value and in accordance with the value of the integration time used in the second integrator (401), of a model of the shape of the pulse, and of the value of the time separating the current event (during the integration in the second integrator) and the preceding event. The output of the second integrator, which integrates the signal of the current event over a time period that can be shortened when a post-pulse stack is generated, is corrected simultaneously with the pre-pulse stack effect and the variable integration time using the same pulse-shape model.

IPC 8 full level

G01T 1/17 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G01T 1/171 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2012101332A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2012101332 A1 20120802; EP 2668521 A1 20131204; RU 2013139563 A 20150310

DOCDB simple family (application)

FR 2011000055 W 20110127; EP 11728640 A 20110127; RU 2013139563 A 20110127