Patent Document ID: 20080237475
Application ID: 12064180
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A scintillation identifying method for determining which of a plurality of radiation detectors has generated a signal resulting from a scintillation caused by an impact of a radiation therewith, the plurality of radiation detectors being coupled to a data acquisition chain that acquires and processes signals generated by the plurality of radiation detectors, the scintillation identifying method comprising: defining a parameter vector including at least one parameter common to the plurality of radiation detectors; modeling the data acquisition chain; and for each radiation detector of the plurality of radiation detectors: submitting the radiation detector to a source of radiation such that the radiation detector generates at least one scintillation signal; measuring the at least one parameter of the at least one scintillation signal taking into consideration the model of the acquisition chain to yield a specific parameter vector; associating the specific parameter vector with the radiation detector; whereby, in use, the radiation detector that has generated a signal resulting from a scintillation is identified by (a) comparing the parameter vector of the scintillation generated signal with the specific parameter vectors associated with the plurality of radiation detectors and (b) selecting the best match.