Patent ID: 8274062

Claim:
An apparatus for determining radiation information, said apparatus comprising: an integrating device operable to at least passively collect radiation as radiation data in response to exposure to at least one radiation source, said integrating device having at least one predetermined changing characteristic as a function of time; a readout device obtaining at least a first signal, a second signal, and a third signal from said integrating device, said first signal being representative of a first segment of said radiation data, said second signal being representative of a second segment of said radiation data, said third signal being representative of a third segment of said radiation data, said first segment, said second segment, and said third segment representing at least in part different portions of said radiation data; and an analysis system analyzing said first signal, said second signal, and said third signal, said analysis system determining temporal information from said first signal, said second signal, said third signal, and said at least one predetermined changing characteristic.