Patent ID: 8115176
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: G01T

Abstract:
1. Method of stabilizing a detector adapted to measure ionizing radiation and produce corresponding output signals, wherein the detector comprises a scintillator adapted to emit light pulses when radiation is at least partly absorbed, and a light detector, a predefined light source adapted to generate light pulses having a width and/or a shape different than a width and/or a shape of the light pulses emitted by the scintillator following the absorption of radiation, and an electronic system adapted to stabilize the detector, the method comprising: wherein the gain shift and temperature for a stabilization time period are determined in parallel to the generation of output signals for the immediately subsequent time period, further comprising dynamically setting a pulse width range of the scintillator-generated light pulses during the generation of output signals on the basis of measured parameters.