US Patent Issued to Oregon State University, Georgetown University on Aug. 26 for "Apparatus and process for optimizing radiation detection counting times using machine learning" (Maryland, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,285, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Oregon State University (Corvallis, Ore.) and Georgetown University (Washington).

"Apparatus and process for optimizing radiation detection counting times using machine learning" was invented by Ophir Frieder (Chevy Chase, Md.), Steven Richard Reese (Corvallis, Ore.) and Jessica Ryan Curtis (Corvallis, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided to reduce the counting times in radiation detection systems using machine learning, wherein the method comprises: receiving output data from a detector which is to detect a target material from a target body; analyzing the output data; iden...