Radiation Backpack Sentry | Bruker Detection Corporation

General Description
Radiation Backpack Sentry is a self-contained radiological detection and isotope identification instrument. This mobile unit provides the means to screen objects, people, and areas either covertly or visibly. High sensitivity and real time analyses allow an operator to detect and identify low level threats by simply walking through an area. Using the Radiation Backpack Sentry an operator can monitor the surrounding environment by viewing the handheld high resolution TFT LCD monitor or by simply listening to a synthesized voice via a wireless earpiece. Communication between the Radiation Backpack Sentry and user interface handheld is maintained through either wired USB or wireless Bluetooth connection. The instrument can be powered from onboard battery or external source and deployed in either mobile screening and surveillance or stationary local area monitoring roles. The identification algorithms differentiate classes of isotopes to simplify CONOPS. The system identifies the isotope and informs an operator both visually and by voice if the source is from medical treatments, naturally occurring radiation, industrial isotopes, or special nuclear materials.

Technical Description
Bruker Radiation Backpack Sentry uses highly sensitive 3” x 3” NaI(Tl) gamma detector. The instrument is automatically self-calibrated and continuously stabilized based on integrated reference source and an array of environmental sensors. Gamma spectra analyses and isotope identification algorithms are based on the template matching technique.

Evaluation Criteria

THROUGHPUT:

Detection is instantaneous
Continuous operation with no defined runs
System is continuous and provides real time analysis with no defined tests/samples
The system or device is currently fully automated
Device or system is intended for multiple detection assays
0-1 solutions, buffer, eluents, and/or reagents
0 components
Less than 5 minutes is required for set-up
Automatic detection

LOGISTICS:

Very brief (minutes-hours) training and minimal technical skills
Approximately the size of a carry-on luggage suitcase
Between 5 and 25 kg
Wireless and wired connections are available
System or device uses batteries
4-8 hours battery life

OPERATIONS:

Can be used from < -21°C to > 42°C (All temperatures)
Performance is not influenced by relative humidity
Greater than 3 years shelf life
5-10 years expected life
Results can be viewed in real-time
The system or device is currently fully autonomous
The system software is closed and not available for modification
The system hardware is closed and not available for modification

DETECTION:

This system does not test liquids
Superior specificity. System has a false alarm rate approaching zero (~0%)
Total dose, dose rate and count rate with operator selection to show the display, may differentiate between types of radiation
Down to background level radiation for dose rate
Down to background level radiation for count rate
System is used for surveying

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