Software for Digital Cameras: BQScan: PC program makes visible radiation

The program uses an already long-known effect: Meeting radioactive particles on a digital image sensor, they leave behind on the surface of a signal. As a basis for analysis, a photograph is a 30-second exposure of a Canon Spiegelreflexkanmera. This is so little material as possible before the sensor, the recording should be made without a lens.

Only the camera cover must be in place to protect the interior of the device. BQScan The software analyzes this photo and presents the results of the radioactive particles as points on an image dar. The minimum detection limit is a radiation value of two micro Sievert per hour. This corresponds roughly to the natural background radiation, which is exposed to a plane at 10,000 feet altitude.

Currently, the program is designed only for some Canon camera models of the manufacturer.

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