• DocumentCode
    3340959
  • Title

    Isotope identification in the GammaTracker handheld radioisotope identifier

  • Author

    Batdorf, Michael T. ; Hensley, Walter K. ; Seifert, Carolyn E. ; Kirihara, Leslie J. ; Erikson, Luke E. ; Jordan, David V.

  • Author_Institution
    Pacific Northwest Nat. Lab., Richland, WA, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    Oct. 24 2009-Nov. 1 2009
  • Firstpage
    868
  • Lastpage
    872
  • Abstract
    GammaTracker is a portable handheld radioisotope identifier using position sensitive CdZnTe crystals. The device uses a peak-based method for isotope identification implemented on an embedded computing platform within the device. This paper presents the run-time optimized algorithms used in this peak-based method of analysis. Performance of the algorithms is presented using measured data from gamma-ray sources.
  • Keywords
    isotope detection; position sensitive particle detectors; semiconductor counters; GammaTracker; gamma-ray sources; isotope identification; peak-based method; position sensitive CdZnTe crystals; radioisotope identifier; run-time optimized algorithms; Crystals; Energy measurement; Energy resolution; Filters; Isotopes; Libraries; Packaging; Polynomials; Radioactive materials; Runtime;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2009 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Orlando, FL
  • ISSN
    1095-7863
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3961-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1095-7863
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5402463
  • Filename
    5402463