3D topographic and radiological modeling of an environment
A method for modeling an environment with a risk of nuclear contamination comprising steps of: acquiring, using a detector ( 10 ) and through a 3-dimensional displacement of the detector in the environment, information related to the topography of the environment and radiological measurement data of the environment, and then via a computer processing unit ( 20 ), associating the radiological measurement data with location data in the environment, the location data having been deduced from path data of the detector, incrementially creating, using the information and via the computer processing unit: at least one matrix in which topographic data of the environment and the radiological data associated with the location data are compiled, and a 3-dimensional mapping representing the environment in which the topographic data and the radiological data are jointly represented.
1. A method for modeling an environment with a risk of nuclear contamination comprising steps of:
a) acquiring, using a terminal comprising a detector and through a 3-dimensional displacement of the terminal in said environment, measurements related to the topography of said environment, radiological measurement data of said environment, position measurement of the detector, displacement measurement of the detector, distance measurement between the detector and one or more elements of said environment and then via a computer processing unit integrated in said terminal:
b) estimating path data with respect to a displacement starting point, said path data being inferred from said position measurements, displacement and distance measurements,
c) associating said radiological measurement data with location data in said environment, said location data having been deduced by said computer processing unit from path data of said detector,
d) creating, using said information and via said computer processing unit: at least one matrix in which topographic data of said environment and radiological data associated with the location data are compiled, and a 3-dimensional mapping representing said environment in which said topographic data and said radiological data are jointly represented,
the mapping being developed in real time and being displayed on a screen of the terminal as it is developed.
2. The modeling method according to claim 1 , further comprising steps of:
identifying, via said computer processing unit and from said matrix, one or more sources of radioactive substance(s) in said environment,
locating, via said computer processing unit, said sources of radioactive substance(s) on said mapping created in step c).
3. The modeling method according to claim 2 , further comprising a step of determining one or more set(s) of data referred to as source terms characterizing at least one identified source of radioactive substance(s), determining the source terms comprising estimating an activity level of said identified source of radioactive substance(s).
4. The modeling method according to claim 2 , further comprising a step of creating another 3D mapping of recomputed emergent flux in which identified sources of radioactive substance(s) and their estimated activity are jointly represented.
5. The modeling method according to claim 1 , wherein acquiring information related to the topography of said environment comprises acquiring by said detector one or more image(s) of said environment, said path data being estimated at least from said image(s) of said environment.
6. The modeling method according to claim 1 , further comprising the creation of a depth map from distance measurements between the detector and one or more element(s) of said environment.
7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium usable by a computer processing unit integrated in a terminal comprising a detector, the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising code instructions of a computer program that when executed by the computer processing unit cause the computer processing unit to execute a method comprising the steps of:
a) acquiring, using the terminal comprising the detector and through a 3-dimensional displacement of the terminal in said environment, measurements related to the topography of said environment, radiological measurement data of said environment, position measurement of the detector, displacement measurement of the detector, distance measurement between the detector and one or more elements of said environment,
b) estimating path data with respect to a displacement starting point, said path data being inferred from said position measurements, displacement and distance measurements,
c) associating said radiological measurement data with location data in said environment, said location data having been deduced by said computer processing unit from path data of said detector,
d) creating, using said information and via said computer processing unit: at least one matrix in which topographic data of said environment and radiological data associated with the location data are compiled, and a 3-dimensional mapping representing said environment in which said topographic data and said radiological data are jointly represented,
the mapping being developed in real time and being displayed on a screen of the terminal as it is developed.
8. A device for modeling an environment with a risk or risks of nuclear contamination comprising:
a terminal provided with a detector, the detector comprising a first acquiring unit for acquiring information related to the topography of said environment, and second acquiring unit configured to acquire radiological measurements of said environment, and third acquiring unit configured to acquire position measurements, displacement measurements and distance measurements,
a computer processing unit integrated in said terminal and connected to a screen of the terminal, the computer processing unit being configured to:
estimate path data with respect to a displacement starting point, said path data being inferred from said position measurements, displacement and distance measurements,
associate said radiological measurements with location data in said environment, said location data having been deduced from said path data of said detector,
incrementally create at least one matrix in which topographic data of said environment and radiological data associated with the location data are combined, and a 3D mapping representing said environment in which said topographic data and said radiological data are jointly represented, the 3D mapping being developed in real time and being displayed on the terminal screen as it is developed.
9. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the processing unit is further configured to:
identify, from said matrix, one or more set(s) of data describing at least one source of radioactive substance(s) in said environment,
locate said source of radioactive substance(s) on said created 3D mapping.
10. The modeling device according to claim 9 , the computer processing unit further being configured to estimate an activity level of said identified source of radioactive substance(s).
11. The modeling device according to claim 10 , wherein the computer processing unit is further configured to: create another 3D mapping of the recomputed emergent flux in which identified sources of radioactive substance(s) and their estimated activity are jointly represented.
12. The modeling device according to claim 9 , the processing unit further being configured to estimate the path of the detector:
at least from image(s) of said environment and/or
at least from position and/or displacement measurements of the detector and at least from distance measurements between the detector and one or more element(s) of said environment.