TY - GEN
T1 - A novel personal radiation detection and identification device
AU - Manor, Avi
AU - Osovizky, Alon
AU - Micou, Claude
AU - Schulcz, Francis
AU - Marcus, Eli
AU - Ginzburg, Dimitry
AU - Pushkarsky, Vitaly
AU - Seif, Rami
AU - Kadmon, Yagil
AU - Cohen, Yosef
AU - Cohen-Zada, I.
PY - 2009/12/1
Y1 - 2009/12/1
N2 - A radiation detector providing enhanced identification capabilities aimed for use in the homeland security market is presented. This need arises from operational difficulties derived from the high probability for innocent alarm and masking scenarios. In order to approach these operational requirements, a new Spectroscopic Personal Radiation Detector (SPRD) was developed based on the advanced LaBr(Ce) scintillation crystal. The detector's high resolution together with an internal sophisticated algorithm enables decreasing the false alarm rate generated by innocent material as well as missed alarms caused by masking scenarios. The role of this device as part of the comprehensive methodology to combat the Homeland Security nuclear/radiological threat is discussed. The device designed constrains and configuration, as well as its functionality and performance, are presented and discussed.
AB - A radiation detector providing enhanced identification capabilities aimed for use in the homeland security market is presented. This need arises from operational difficulties derived from the high probability for innocent alarm and masking scenarios. In order to approach these operational requirements, a new Spectroscopic Personal Radiation Detector (SPRD) was developed based on the advanced LaBr(Ce) scintillation crystal. The detector's high resolution together with an internal sophisticated algorithm enables decreasing the false alarm rate generated by innocent material as well as missed alarms caused by masking scenarios. The role of this device as part of the comprehensive methodology to combat the Homeland Security nuclear/radiological threat is discussed. The device designed constrains and configuration, as well as its functionality and performance, are presented and discussed.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77951176167&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5401852
DO - 10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5401852
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77951176167
SN - 9781424439621
T3 - IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
SP - 107
EP - 109
BT - 2009 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2009
T2 - 2009 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2009
Y2 - 25 October 2009 through 31 October 2009
ER -