Dosimetry system, methods, and components

摘要

Dosimeters with wireless communications capability, upon actuation, communicate with a cell phone or other data capture and relay device (DCRD) with an application that allows communication with the dosimeters. The cell phone or other DCRD is a single device or part of an ad hoc network. The cell phone or other DCRD, once it receives raw data from a dosimeter, relays the data to a central station using mobile telephone or Wi-Fi or other communications networks. The data is processed at the central station, and available over the Internet or cell phone.

主权项

1. An apparatus for collecting dosimeter data at a central station, comprising:
a radiation detector; a control circuit connected to the radiation detector; a normally dormant communications circuit connected to the control circuit; a power supply connected to the control circuit; and a wakeup actuator connected to the control circuit for actuating the communications circuit at selected times, a dosimeter with wireless communications capability for transmitting the dosimeter data, the wireless communications capability being normally dormant; at least one wireless data capture and relay device (DCRD), the at least one wireless DCRD having a dosimeter communication application allowing the dosimeter to communicate to the at least one wireless DCRD and transmit the dosimeter data to the at least one wireless DCRD when the wireless communications capability is actuated and communication and transmission to the at least one wireless DCRD is initiated by the dosimeter; and a communications system for transmitting the dosimeter data received by the at least one wireless DCRD to the central station; wherein the dosimeter is a direct ion storage (DIS) dosimeter; and wherein the control circuit comprises a memory or a register to store the dosimeter data that has been transmitted therefrom, the stored dosimeter data including a transmission sequence number or a timing data from which the central station receiving the stored dosimeter data from the dosimeter can determine if a packet of the stored dosimeter data has not been received by the central station.