William Penn Craig

US Patent:

6949748, Sep 27, 2005

Filed:

Apr 11, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/411854

Inventors:

Klaus-Peter Ziock - Livermoe CA, US
William W. Craig - Pittsburg CA, US
Bruce Hasegawa - South San Francisco CA, US
Michael J. Pivovaroff - Piedmont CA, US

Assignee:

The Regents of the University of California - Oakland CA

International Classification:

G21K005/00

US Classification:

25037001, 378 64

Abstract:

Imaging of radiation sources located in a subject is explored for medical applications. The approach involves using grazing-incidence optics to form images of the location of radiopharmaceuticals administered to a subject. The optics are “true focusing” optics, meaning that they project a real and inverted image of the radiation source onto a detector possessing spatial and energy resolution.

US Patent:

7148484, Dec 12, 2006

Filed:

Jul 30, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/632169

Inventors:

William W. Craig - Pittsburg CA, US
Simon E. Labov - Berkeley CA, US

Assignee:

The Regents of the University of California - Oakland CA

International Classification:

G01J 1/24

US Classification:

25037001

Abstract:

A network of radiation detection instruments, each having a small solid state radiation sensor module integrated into a cellular phone for providing radiation detection data and analysis directly to a user. The sensor module includes a solid-state crystal bonded to an ASIC readout providing a low cost, low power, light weight compact instrument to detect and measure radiation energies in the local ambient radiation field. In particular, the photon energy, time of event, and location of the detection instrument at the time of detection is recorded for real time transmission to a central data collection/analysis system. The collected data from the entire network of radiation detection instruments are combined by intelligent correlation/analysis algorithms which map the background radiation and detect, identify and track radiation anomalies in the region.

US Patent:

7545269, Jun 9, 2009

Filed:

Sep 29, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/540176

Inventors:

William W. Craig - Pittsburg CA, US
Simon E. Labov - Berkeley CA, US

Assignee:

Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC - Livermore CA

International Classification:

G08B 1/08

US Classification:

34053926, 34053911, 34053929

Abstract:

A network of radiation detection instruments, each having a small solid state radiation sensor module integrated into a cellular phone for providing radiation detection data and analysis directly to a user. The sensor module includes a solid-state crystal bonded to an ASIC readout providing a low cost, low power, light weight compact instrument to detect and measure radiation energies in the local ambient radiation field. In particular, the photon energy, time of event, and location of the detection instrument at the time of detection is recorded for real time transmission to a central data collection/analysis system. The collected data from the entire network of radiation detection instruments are combined by intelligent correlation/analysis algorithms which map the background radiation and detect, identify and track radiation anomalies in the region.

US Patent:

7960700, Jun 14, 2011

Filed:

Sep 29, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/541341

Inventors:

William W. Craig - Pittsburg CA, US
Simon E. Labov - Berkeley CA, US

Assignee:

Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC - Livermore CA

International Classification:

G01T 1/24

US Classification:

25037001

Abstract:

A network of radiation detection instruments, each having a small solid state radiation sensor module integrated into a cellular phone for providing radiation detection data and analysis directly to a user. The sensor module includes a solid-state crystal bonded to an ASIC readout providing a low cost, low power, light weight compact instrument to detect and measure radiation energies in the local ambient radiation field. In particular, the photon energy, time of event, and location of the detection instrument at the time of detection is recorded for real time transmission to a central data collection/analysis system. The collected data from the entire network of radiation detection instruments are combined by intelligent correlation/analysis algorithms which map the background radiation and detect, identify and track radiation anomalies in the region.