Patent ID: 8502158

Claim:
A detection unit for detecting ionizing radiation, the detection unit comprising: a detection element that interacts with incoming ionizing radiation; a processing module that analyzes the incoming ionizing radiation detected by the detection element; a positioning module that determines position of the detection unit in three dimensions; a network interface module that receives and transmits time stamped radiation data and position information from a plurality of other detection units, wherein the detection unit automatically identifies other detection units that are located sufficiently close to form a cluster, the cluster being a set of detection units, data from which is processed simultaneously and collectively, and that are located sufficiently close to communicate with each other; radiation data integration logic that integrates the incoming radiation data, the position of the detection unit, the received radiation data from other detection units in a cluster and the received position information from other detection units, and outputs an integrated three-dimensional radiation map based on the incoming radiation data, the position of the detection unit, the received radiation data from other detection units and the received position information from other detection units; and a display unit that displays the integrated three-dimensional radiation map, direction to the sources of radiation in the controlled by the system zone and parameters of those sources, including any of type, speed and isotope, wherein the network interface module transmits the radiation data and its own position information to other detection units of a cluster to which it belongs.