US 7,573,026 B2
Pileup rejection
Philip L. Kurkoski, Houston, Tex. (US); and Tuan V. Nguyen, Montgomery, Tex. (US)
Assigned to Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, Tex. (US)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/763,153.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/813736, filed on Jun. 14, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2007/0290126 A1, Dec. 20, 2007
Int. Cl. G01V 5/10 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 250—262 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of determining a property of an earth formation, the method comprising:
obtaining radiation measurements indicative of the property of the formation using a logging tool conveyed in a borehole, the measurements comprising at least one pileup signal of at least two overlapping pulses;
detecting a peak of a first one of the at least two pulses;
using a value of a magnitude of the peak for determining the property of the earth formation; and
recording the property on a suitable medium.