Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access originally published online on October 29, 2007
Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2008 129(4):478-480; doi:10.1093/rpd/ncm453
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A versatile, PC-based gamma ray monitor
School of Traffic Engineering, Belgrade University, Belgrade, Serbia
* Corresponding author: vujod{at}eunet.yu
Received May 27, 2007, amended September 16, 2007, accepted September 29, 2007
This paper describes a new computer-based gamma ray monitor for laboratory and field measurements. The monitor consists of a universal peripheral device, and GM counter gamma ray probe, connected via USB to the PC. The peripheral device is generic; in addition to the GM probe, it accepts sensors for spectrometric measurements as well as sensors for the measurement of other environmental parameters. Owing to its low-power consumption, it is used with laptop or palmtop computer, as a portable field measurement instrument. The proposed solution has advantages over conventional instrument: (1) open architecture; (2) user-defined functions and (3) easy network connection.