APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Cancer treatment – proton therapy dose verification Monitoring for homeland security and nuclear nonproliferation Other applications that require imaging of high energy gamma ray sources ADVANTAGES: Real time monitoring A combination of high imaging sensitivity and resolution More complete and accurate presentation of the … [Read more...] about High Energy Gamma-Ray Imaging and Proton Therapy Dose Verification 2013-076
Sensors and Detectors
Advanced Penning Ion Source IB-3139
The Berkeley Lab Advanced Penning Ion Source offers neutron generator manufacturers and the medical, security, and materials analysis industries a simple, low cost solution that can boost source performance in conventional technologies by improving the atomic ion fraction and ion current density without increasing the power consumption of commercially available Penning ion … [Read more...] about Advanced Penning Ion Source IB-3139
High Performance, Customizable Halide Scintillators 2013-040
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: X-ray and gamma-ray radiation detection National security Medical imaging Oil well logging High-energy physics ADVANTAGES: Higher performance scintillation than commercial crystals High light yields — luminescence equal to or greater than 40,000 photons/MeV Can be used in various forms (e.g., thin films, crystals, … [Read more...] about High Performance, Customizable Halide Scintillators 2013-040
Compact Microchip Gas Sensor JIB-2689
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Explosion hazard warning system for buildings Natural gas leak detector for residential or commercial buildings Portable gas detector, e.g., cell phone application Hydrogen leak detector or toxic emission prevention for automobile industry ADVANTAGES: Real time, accurate detection of nearly any concentration of a hazardous gas … [Read more...] about Compact Microchip Gas Sensor JIB-2689
Membrane and Receptors for Highly Selective Gas-Phase Sensing IB-2349
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Sensing explosives, e.g. TNT, DNT chemical and biological warfare agents indoor and outdoor environmental toxins pesticides ADVANTAGES: Reduces false positives caused by humidity Can be applied to a variety of ligand-receptor binding sensor platforms Provides highly selective TNT and DNT receptors Portable and … [Read more...] about Membrane and Receptors for Highly Selective Gas-Phase Sensing IB-2349