Method and apparatus to monitor a beam of ionizing radiation

Brandon W. Blackburn; David L. Chichester; Scott M. Watson; James T. Johnson; Mathew T. Kinlaw

Method and apparatus to monitor a beam of ionizing radiation

Brandon W. Blackburn (Inventor)
, David L. Chichester (Inventor)
, Scott M. Watson (Inventor)
, James T. Johnson (Inventor)
, Mathew T. Kinlaw (Inventor)

Nuclear Nonproliferation

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Abstract

Methods and apparatus to capture images of fluorescence generated by ionizing radiation and determine a position of a beam of ionizing radiation generating the fluorescence from the captured images. In one embodiment, the fluorescence is the result of ionization and recombination of nitrogen in air.

Original language	American English
Patent number	9,046,619
State	Published - Jun 2015

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