Patent ID: 7183550

Claim:
A method of processing a signal emitted by a particle detector, the method comprising: detecting portions of the signal above a predetermined value V 1 ; measuring a maximum value V max reached by the signal in each of the portions; and assigning to each of the portions an analogue quantity Q which, at least over a predetermined range of values ΔV 1 of the maximum value V max , is an increasing function of (V max −V 1 ); and assigning to each of the portions an analogue quantity Q which is an increasing function of (V max −V 1 ) if the maximum value V max is below a second predetermined value V 2 , and remains at a constant value V max =V 2 if the maximum value V max is above the second predetermined value V 2 , at least over a predetermined range of values ΔV 2 of the maximum value V max .