A method and apparatus for discriminating the types of radiation
interacting with an integrated radiation detector having of a pulse-mode
operating photosensor which is optically coupled to a gamma-ray
scintillator sensor and a neutron scintillator sensor and uses an analog
to digital converter (ADC) and a charge to digital converter (QDC) to
determine scintillation decay times and classify radiation interactions
by radiation type. The pulse processing provides for, among other things,
faithful representation of the true energy spectrum of the gamma
radiation field and allows for radioisotope identification by searching
for the presence of characteristic energy lines in the gamma energy
spectrum. The pulse shape discrimination method ensures that the high
sensitivity and resolution of the isotope identification function is not
affected during operation in mixed neutron-gamma fields.