Patent ID: 8530827

Claim:
A method of using a detector in a well-logging application comprising: providing the detector comprising: a scintillator; a radiation-sensing device coupled to the scintillator; a programmable/re-programmable processing module (PRPM) that includes information regarding a user-defined analysis mode for the well-logging application, wherein the available user-defined analysis modes comprise: i) filtering, wherein filtering includes using at least two threshold values and removing a portion of the signals from the electromagnetic radiation sensing device; ii), windowing, wherein windowing includes using multiple threshold values to remove portions of the signals from the electromagnetic radiation sensing device and keeping portions of the signals within at least two different predetermined ranges; and iii) discriminating, wherein discriminating includes discriminating between at least two different signals from the electromagnetic radiation sensing device derived from two different types of radiation detected by the scintillator, wherein the two different types of radiation include gamma rays and neutrons; selecting at least one particular mode for the detector from a plurality of available user-defined analysis modes; and performing an action by the detector corresponding to the particular mode.