1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. General
ORTEC
®
continues to deliver the finest in germanium-detector gamma-ray spectrum acquisition, analysis, and reporting software with the latest release of GammaVision
®
— version 7. This release of GammaVision extends the capabilities of our world-standard gamma-ray spectroscopy software to provide even more advanced tools for simplifying and reducing effort in your counting laboratory.
Features and options in GammaVision v7 include:
! 64- and 32-bit Windows 7 Compatibility — GammaVision operates on PCs running under 64- and 32-bit Microsoft
®
Windows
®
7 and Windows XP SP3.
! English, French, Chinese, and German User Interface — During installation, choose the GammaVision language interface that matches your PC operating system language.
! Support for ORTEC instruments that operate in List Mode (such as the DSPEC
®
-50/502, digiBASE
®
, and DSPEC
®
Pro), which streams spectroscopy data are directly to the computer, event-by-event, without the data “dead periods” associated with the acquirestore-clear-restart cycle of standard spectrum acquisition.
! Improved JOB stream capability with 18 new commands for manipulating spectrum windows, supporting List Mode, recalling an extensive list of calibration and analysis settings, and exerting interactive control over JOBs in progress.
! ISO NORM Compatibility — The ISO NORM report, an optional summary of the parameters defined in ISO/DIS 11929.
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The GammaVision implementation of ISO NORM is based on and fully compatible with ISO/DIS 11929.
! Gamma Total Support — This is available to generate specific results and reports
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as defined by EDF (Électricité de France). (Gamma Total users, be sure to see the system configuration note on page 11.)
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ISO/DIS 11929, “Determination of characteristic limits (decision threshold, detection limit, and limits of the
confidence interval) for measurements of ionizing radiation — Fundamentals and applications,” http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=43810
.
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“Protocole d’échange d’informations entre les logiciels EFFLUENTS/ENVIRONNEMENT et un analyseur
GAMMA TOTAL” — ref : D 5870/GDMI/BRY/SG/000211, and “Protocole d’échange d’informations entre les
logiciels EFFLUENTS/ENVIRONNEMENT et un analyseur de SPECTROMETRIE GAMMA” — ref :
D 5870/GDMI/BRY/SG/000211.
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