e-infrastructure Roadmap for Open Science in Agriculture

A bibliometric study

The e-ROSA project seeks to build a shared vision of a future sustainable e-infrastructure for research and education in agriculture in order to promote Open Science in this field and as such contribute to addressing related societal challenges. In order to achieve this goal, e-ROSA’s first objective is to bring together the relevant scientific communities and stakeholders and engage them in the process of coelaboration of an ambitious, practical roadmap that provides the basis for the design and implementation of such an e-infrastructure in the years to come.

This website highlights the results of a bibliometric analysis conducted at a global scale in order to identify key scientists and associated research performing organisations (e.g. public research institutes, universities, Research & Development departments of private companies) that work in the field of agricultural data sources and services. If you have any comment or feedback on the bibliometric study, please use the online form.

You can access and play with the graphs:

Discover all records
Home page

Title

Self-Sustained Operation of Radiation Detectors Based on Embedded Signal Processing

en
Abstract

Radiation detectors featuring long term stability, self-sustained operation and low power consumption are crucial for longterm environmental monitoring (e. g. nuclear waste disposals and mining activities) and provide enhanced applications of nuclear fingerprinting e. g. in farming and geological surveying. INCAS(3) is developing a compact modular system consisting of four functional modules, namely analogue conditioning and signal digitalization, dead-time-free real-time signal processing, embedded high level analysis of the processed signal, and wireless communication. The modules are organized such that they can be interchanged and modified independently. For the input module one can choose an ADC sampling frequency to be either 100 MHz with 14 bit precision or 1 GHz with reduced precision (10 bit). The main focus of the signal processing section, based on an FPGA, is on providing dead-time-free signal handling in real time. Other useful features such as base line correction, pulse shape analysis (energy, decay and arrival time) are being developed as (VHDL) library functions. Additional modules, e. g. anomaly detection in the incoming signal, pile-up correction if operated at high rates and advanced signal shape processing, can be included in the processing if required and can be applied to autonomously generate the information necessary to control the sensor parameters and stabilize energy spectra and sensitivity. At present we operate the system in conjunction with inorganic scintillators (NaI, CsI) read out by a photomultiplier in order to provide a system capable of long term quantification of nuclear contaminations in natural environments. The underlying technology is based on detecting natural or anthropogenic gamma radiation and generating corresponding energy spectra in real time. The generated spectra are analyzed either in a standard way by any suitable desktop software in a lab or, as it is described in this work, by the ENSA (Embedded Nuclear Spectra Analyzer) board. ENSA returns the nuclides activity concentrations of the gamma source under examination, in real time and in the field. The analysis, aimed at nuclear fingerprinting, is based on a Full Spectrum Analysis method developed by Medusa Systems BV. This analysis is usually performed for the natural occurring radionuclides: Potassium (K-40), Thorium (Th-232) and Uranium (U-238), but can potentially take any other nuclide into account. By embedding the data analysis in the sensor device, one creates a fully integrated system. When equipped with a local user interface, the device becomes a portable system that provides highly accurate feedback in the field. With wireless communication, a self-sustained system featuring long term stable operation for environmental monitoring is created.

en
Year
2013
en
Country
  • NL
Organization
  • INCAS3 (NL)
Data keywords
  • real time analysis
en
Agriculture keywords
  • farming
en
Data topic
  • big data
  • sensors
en
SO
2013 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCEMENTS IN NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION, MEASUREMENT METHODS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS (ANIMMA)
Document type

Inappropriate format for Document type, expected simple value but got array, please use list format

Institutions 10 co-publis
    uid:/2B3DMKM8
    Powered by Lodex 8.20.3
    logo commission europeenne
    e-ROSA - e-infrastructure Roadmap for Open Science in Agriculture has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 730988.
    Disclaimer: The sole responsibility of the material published in this website lies with the authors. The European Union is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.