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Methods
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With radiant energy source
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Plural electric signalling means
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With optics
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Plural or composite luminophor
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Chemiluminescent detection | 4 |
20080210874 | Doped cadmium tungstate scintillator with improved radiation hardness - This invention provides novel cadmium tungstate scintillator materials that show improved radiation hardness. In particular, it was discovered that doping of cadmium tungstate (CdWO | 09-04-2008 |
20080224048 | Radiation Converter and Method for Production Thereof - A radiation converter has a luminophore layer formed by needle-shaped crystals applied on a substrate, the crystals being composed of Csl. doped with Tl. The emission spectrum is modified to obtain smaller values by making the Tl content between 200 ppm and 2,000 ppm. | 09-18-2008 |
20080224049 | PLANAR RADIATION DETECTOR USING RADIATION-INDUCED-CHARGE CONVERSION FILM OF AMORPHOUS SELENIUM - In a planar radiation detector having a substrate; a charge-collection electrode; a radiation-induced-charge conversion film formed mainly of amorphous selenium; and an upper electrode which transmits radiation, or in a planar radiation detector having a substrate; a charge-collection electrode; a light-induced-charge conversion film which is formed mainly of amorphous selenium and generates electric charge when the light-induced-charge conversion film is irradiated with visible light which has passed through an upper electrode; the upper electrode which transmits the visible light emitted from a fluorescent layer; and the fluorescent layer formed of a fluorescent material which converts a radiation carrying image information into the visible light, the radiation-induced-charge conversion film or the light-induced-charge conversion film is formed of amorphous selenium or amorphous selenium alloy and has a residual oxygen concentration of 35 ppm or lower. | 09-18-2008 |
20080237470 | Polymeric composite scintillators and method for making same - A scintillation detector comprising nano-scale particles of a scintillation compound embedded in a plastic matrix is provided. The nano-scale particles may be made from metal oxides, metal oxyhalides, metal oxysulfides, or metal halides. Methods are provided for preparing the nano-scale particles. The particles may be coated with organic compounds or polymers prior to incorporation in the plastic matrix. A technique for matching the refractive index of the plastic matrix with the nano-scale particles by incorporating nano-scale particles of titanium dioxide is also provided. The scintillator may be coupled with one or more photodetectors to form a scintillation detection system. The scintillation detection system may be adapted for use in X-ray and radiation imaging devices, such as digital X-ray imaging, mammography, CT, PET, or SPECT, or may be used in radiation security detectors or subterranean radiation detectors. | 10-02-2008 |
20080290280 | Scintillator for an X-Ray Detector with a Variable Reflector - The invention concerns an X-ray detector with a photo-sensitive detector layer ( | 11-27-2008 |
20080296503 | HIGH ENERGY RESOLUTION SCINTILLATORS HAVING HIGH LIGHT OUTPUT - A scintillator composition includes a matrix material, where the matrix material includes an alkaline earth metal and a lanthanide halide. The scintillator composition further includes an activator ion, where the activator ion is a trivalent ion. In one embodiment, the scintillator composition includes a matrix material represented by A | 12-04-2008 |
20080302968 | CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTOR AND DETECTING APPARATUS UTILIZING THE SAME - In a charged particle detector, the vacuum barrier can be reduced in size and a multichannel configuration is possible. A charged particle detector includes a metallic frame having one or more holes formed therein, a light transmitting member fixed in each of the holes of the metallic frame, an inorganic scintillation element fixed on a surface of the light transmitting member, the surface being on a first side of the member; and a photodetector disposed on a surface of the light transmitting member, the surface being on a second side opposing the first side of the member. Charged particles having passed through the inorganic scintillation element are sent via the light transmitting member to the photodetector and are detected by the photodetector. | 12-11-2008 |
20090008561 | LANTHANIDE HALIDE MICROCOLUMNAR SCINTILLATORS - The present invention provides an imaging scintillation radiation detector comprising a doped lanthanide halide microcolumnar scintillator formed on a substrate. The scintillation radiation detectors of the invention typically comprise a substrate. The substrate can be either opaque or optically transparent. In a particular embodiment of the present invention the microcolumnar scintillator is a lanthanide-halide (LaHalide | 01-08-2009 |
20090045344 | Radiation converter, detector module, methods for the production thereof, and a radiation detection device - A radiation converter is disclosed. In order to improve the detection of x-ray radiation or gamma radiation, at least one embodiment of the invention provides that, in the case of the radiation converter with a plurality of converter elements for converting x-ray radiation or gamma radiation to light, in each case one light outlet window is formed on a light outlet side of the converter elements such that, on the light outlet side, the converter elements are covered in part by reflector material in a layered fashion. | 02-19-2009 |
20090050810 | ZnSe scintillators - The present invention relates to a microcolumnar zinc selenide (ZnSe) scintillator and uses thereof, and methods of fabrication of microcolumnar scintillators using sublimation-based deposition techniques. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a scintillator including a microcolumnar scintillator material including zinc selenide (ZnSe) and a dopant. The microcolumnar scintillators of the present invention provide improved light channeling and resolution characteristics, thereby providing high spatial resolution, highly efficient scintillators. | 02-26-2009 |
20090084960 | High Detective Quantum Efficiency X-ray Detectors - An image acquisition apparatus includes a conversion layer for generating electrons in response to electromagnetic radiation photons, and a first semiconducting layer adjacent to the conversion layer for generating electron-hole pairs in response to electrons generated by the conversion layer. | 04-02-2009 |
20090084961 | RADIATION DETECTOR - A radiation detector includes an electrode substrate having plural photoelectric transfer elements which convert visible light into electrical signals, a scintillator layer formed on the electrode substrate and converting radial rays into visible light, and a protective film includes a drying agent film and a moisture-proof film. The drying agent film is formed on at least the scintillator layer. The moisture-proof film is formed on the drying agent film. | 04-02-2009 |
20090090866 | CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION DEVICES - A charged particle detector consists of four independent light guide modules assembled together to form a segmented on-axis annular detector, with a center opening for allowing the primary charged particle beam to pass through. One side of the assembly facing the specimen is coated with or bonded to scintillator material as the charged particle detection surface. Each light guide module is coupled to a photomultiplier tube to allow light signals transmitted through each light guide module to be amplified and processed separately. A charged particle detector is made from a single block of light guide material processed to have a cone shaped circular cutout from one face, terminating on the opposite face to an opening to allow the primary charged particle beam to pass through. The opposite face is coated with or bonded to scintillator material as the charged particle detection surface. The outer region of the light guide block is shaped into four separate light guide output channels and each light guide output channel is coupled to a photomultiplier tube to allow light signal output from each channel to be amplified and processed separately. | 04-09-2009 |
20090095910 | RUGGEDIZED RADIATION DETECTOR - A radiation detector assembly is provided. The radiation detector assembly includes a radiation detector element and a light detection element operationally connected to the radiation detector element. The radiation detector element is seated within a housing. The assembly also includes a plurality of continuous wave formed springs located along the outer periphery of the radiation detector element, radially between the housing and the radiation detector element. | 04-16-2009 |
20090114823 | RADIATION MEASURING DEVICE - A radiation measuring device to determine the intensity and/or the dose of the ionizing radiation during a radiological examination of a patient is provided, with the radiation measuring device ( | 05-07-2009 |
20090121140 | HALIDE-CONTAINING STIMULABLE PHOSPHOR PRECURSOR, HALIDE-CONTAINING STIMULABLE PHOSPHOR, RADIATION IMAGE CONVERSION PANEL AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - This invention relates to a halide-containing stimulable phosphor having improved moisture resistance and luminance, and a process for producing the same. The halide-containing stimulable phosphor is characterized in that, among elements constituting the outermost surface and inside of the phosphor, there is a difference in composition ratio of a halogen element between the outermost surface and the inside of the phosphor. A radiation image conversion panel, which has been improved, for example, in moisture resistance, luminance and image quality by using the phosphor, and a process for producing the same are also provided. | 05-14-2009 |
20090127466 | RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS - A radiation detection apparatus includes a radiation detection panel having a fluorescent film and photoelectric conversion elements, a support board for supporting the radiation detection panel, and a gel member displaced between the radiation detection panel and support board. | 05-21-2009 |
20090134334 | EDGE-ON SAR SCINTILLATOR DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCED SPECT, PET, AND COMPTON GAMMA CAMERAS - The invention provides methods and apparatus for detecting radiation including x-ray, gamma ray, and particle radiation for nuclear medicine, radiopaphic imaging, material composition analysis, high energy physics, container inspection, mine detection and astronomy. The invention provides detection systems employing one or more detector modules ( | 05-28-2009 |
20090140150 | INTEGRATED NEUTRON-GAMMA RADIATION DETECTOR WITH ADAPTIVELY SELECTED GAMMA THRESHOLD - An integrated radiation detector having a pulse-mode operating photosensor optically coupled to a gamma sensing element and a neutron sensing element is disclosed. The detector includes pulse shape and processing electronics package that 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 shape and processing electronics package determines a maximum gamma energy from the spectrum associated with gamma rays detected by the gamma sensing element to adaptively select a gamma threshold for the neutron sensing element. A light pulse attributed to the neutron sensing element is a valid neutron event when the amplitude of the light pulse is above the gamma threshold. | 06-04-2009 |
20090140151 | Photomultiplier Tube and Radiation Detecting Device - A vacuum vessel is configured by hermetically joining a faceplate ( | 06-04-2009 |
20090146065 | SCINTILLATOR MATERIALS BASED ON LANTHANIDE SILICATES OR LANTHANIDE PHOSPHATES, AND RELATED METHODS AND ARTICLES - A scintillator composition is described. The composition includes a matrix material in the form of a host lattice characterized by a 4f5d→4f optical transition under activation. The matrix material is based on certain lithium-lanthanide silicate compounds or alkali-lanthanide phosphate compounds. The composition also includes a praseodymium (Pr) activator for the matrix material. Radiation detectors which include crystal scintillators are also part of the present invention, as are methods for detecting high-energy radiation, using these devices. | 06-11-2009 |
20090166539 | MULTICHANNEL ANALYZER AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME CORRECTION OF PEAK SHIFT - The invention provides a multichannel analyzer for use in a multichannel spectrometer, which comprises a standard spectrum calibrator for obtaining energy calibration parameters of said multichannel spectrometer; an environment background spectrum calibrator for obtaining parameters of a current and a previous environment background spectrum; a peak shift detector for analyzing the parameters of the current and previous environment background spectrum to determine whether a peak shift occurs between them and to determine a correction coefficient of the peak shift; and a parameter corrector for correcting the energy calibration parameters of said multichannel spectrometer using said peak shift correction coefficient. The invention also provides a method for correcting a peak shift of a multichannel spectrometer adapted in the multichannel analyzer. The method for correcting and the multichannel analyzer can correct and monitor the peak shift of the multichannel spectrometer in real time. | 07-02-2009 |
20090184250 | RADIATION DETECTOR, X-RAY CT APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RADIATION DETECTOR - A radiation detector includes: a base plate; and a radiation detection unit provided on one major surface side of the base plate and configured to output an electrical signal proportional to intensity of radiation. The base plate includes a buffer section at a junction with the radiation detection unit, the buffer section being configured to absorb stress generated at the junction due to temperature variation. | 07-23-2009 |
20090189079 | Radiation conversion device - The present invention concerns a radiation conversion device. The radiation conversion device for detecting radiation that has passed through a subject and converting the radiation into image information, is equipped with an information acquisition unit for acquiring condition information concerning a condition of the radiation conversion device, an information storage unit for storing the acquired condition information, and a display unit for displaying the stored condition information. | 07-30-2009 |
20090194700 | Radiation detection apparatus - An electronic cassette has a casing and a radiation detection device accommodated inside the casing, which detects radiation emitted from a radiation source and having passed through a subject, and converts the radiation into radiation image information. The electronic cassette further includes a winding member accommodated rotatably inside of the casing. The radiation detection device includes a flexible base. The radiation detection device is wound on the winding member, and a portion of the radiation detection device is capable of being pulled outside of the casing. | 08-06-2009 |
20090212222 | Radiation conversion device and radiation image capturing system - A radiation conversion device includes a radiation detection device, which detects radiation having passed through a subject, and converts the radiation into radiation image information, and a battery unit for supplying electrical power to at least the radiation detection device. The battery unit is equipped with at least two batteries, and set with a required capacity for capturing at least one radiation image. | 08-27-2009 |
20090212223 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING IMAGE CAPTURING INSTRUCTION INFORMATION, PROGRAM, METHOD FOR SUPPLYING IMAGE CAPTURING INSTRUCTION INFORMATION, AND RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - A radiation image capturing system includes a plurality of image capturing apparatus having different specifications for capturing a radiation image of a subject, a plurality of processors having specifications corresponding to the specifications of the image capturing apparatus, for controlling the image capturing apparatus and processing radiation image information acquired from the image capturing apparatus, and a supply apparatus for supplying image capturing instruction information for the image capturing apparatus to one of the processors, which is selected depending on the specifications of the image capturing apparatus. | 08-27-2009 |
20090218494 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, SORTING APPARATUS FOR SORTING IMAGE CAPTURING INSTRUCTION INFORMATION, PROGRAM AND RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - A radiation image capturing system includes an image capturing apparatus for capturing a radiation image of a subject by irradiating the subject with a radiation emitted from a radiation source, a supply apparatus for supplying image capturing instruction information for capturing a plurality of radiation images of the subject, and a sorting apparatus for sorting the supplied image capturing instruction information into a predetermined processing order. The image capturing apparatus is controlled to capture the radiation images of the subject according to the processing order of the image capturing instruction information which has been sorted by the sorting apparatus. | 09-03-2009 |
20090242773 | Positioning of photodetection events - Improved position estimation for a square photodetector having terminals at its corners is provided by first estimating an event position in a coordinate system aligned with the diagonals of the square, and then performing a coordinate rotation to provide an estimated position in a coordinate system aligned with the sides of the square. These two steps can also be mathematically combined. It is believed that the improved accuracy of this position determination approach is a result of a greater degree of linearity in charge division between terminals along diagonal axes than along orthogonal axes of a square detector. Flood images provided by this method have been compared to flood images provided by the conventional Anger method, and substantially less image distortion is observed with the present method than with the Anger method. This reduced distortion can enable automatic crystal segmentation from raw flood image data, which is particularly beneficial in connection with simplifying positron emission tomography (PET) system calibration. | 10-01-2009 |
20090242774 | RADIATION DETECTOR - A problem of local pin-hole defects generated in avalanche multiplication is avoided. Before an anode and a cathode are assembled as a light receiving element, a position of a pin-hole defect is specified by a vacuum container for specifying a defect position having a previously prepared field emission array for inspection. If the cathode is a field emission array when the anode and cathode are assembled as a light receiving element, the anode and cathode are assembled such that a field emission chip corresponding to the position of the pin-hole defect does not discharge an electron beam to the field emission array serving as an actual detector. | 10-01-2009 |
20090261253 | SCINTILLATION DETECTOR AND METHOD OF MAKING - A method of assembling a detector includes conditioning a rare-earth halide scintillator crystal in a sealed container, wherein the conditioning process includes heating the scintillator crystal, reducing the pressure within the sealed container for an evacuation period while heating, and flowing a purging gas through the sealed container for a flowing duration while heating. The method further includes assembling a detector comprising the scintillator crystal in an assembly environment comprising an inert gas. | 10-22-2009 |
20090261254 | RADIATION IMAGE CONVERTING PANEL - The present invention relates to a radiation image converting panel with a structure capable of arbitrarily controlling the luminance distribution of the panel surface after formation of a protective film according to usage conditions. The radiation image converting panel comprises a support body and a radiation converting film formed on the support body. The radiation converting film is formed on a film forming region which existes within a first main surface of the support body and includes at least a gravity center position of the first main surface. The film thickness of the radiation converting film is adjusted such that the maximum difference can be obtained in either one of a peripheral area and a middle area from a central area including the gravity center position. | 10-22-2009 |
20090261255 | Fluorescent material, a method of manufacturing the fluorescent material, a radiation detector using the fluorescent material, and an X-ray CT scanner - Scintillator with both high fluorescence intensity and weak afterglow, can be offered. | 10-22-2009 |
20090266990 | RADIATION DETECTOR DEVICE - A radiation detector device is disclosed and includes a photosensor and a scintillation device coupled to the photosensor. The scintillation device includes a scintillator crystal enclosed within a casing. The scintillator crystal is optically coupled to a window at an end of the casing. The scintillation device includes a dielectric gas inside at least part of the casing. The dielectric gas is adapted to reduce or prevent static discharge within the scintillation device. | 10-29-2009 |
20090278049 | Method for producing an attenuation map - A method is disclosed for producing an attenuation map for a component of an MR/PET system. In at least one embodiment, the method includes ascertaining attenuation values of the component, producing a basic map from the attenuation values, ascertaining a position of the component relative to an examination volume of the MR/PET system, and producing the attenuation map by correcting the basic map using the ascertained position. This enables the actual position of the components to be taken into account in the attenuation correction. | 11-12-2009 |
20090294676 | COOLING DEVICE AND COOLING METHOD - The present invention provides a cooling device that can cool an electronic device in a short amount of time. When an electronic cassette has been accommodated in a housing device, the cooling device performs heat absorption by spraying an antiseptic liquid from nozzles onto the electronic cassette. | 12-03-2009 |
20090309030 | SCINTILLATION ARTICLE INCLUDING A PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE ARTICLE - A scintillation article including a scintillation detector coupled to a photomultiplier tube (PMT) housing, and a PMT assembly disposed within the PMT housing. The scintillation article further includes a cap assembly selectively coupled to the PMT assembly, wherein upon moving the cap assembly from an assembled position in which the cap assembly is engaged with the housing to an extracted position in which the cap assembly is disengaged and removed from the housing, the cap assembly mechanically engages the PMT assembly and extracts the PMT assembly from the PMT housing. | 12-17-2009 |
20100006762 | SCINTILLATOR PANEL AND RADIATION DETECTOR - A reflective resin sheet is bonded to one face of a supporting substrate transmitting a radiation ray and a resin sheet of the same material as that of the reflective resin sheet to the other face of the supporting substrate. A phosphor layer converting a radiation ray into visible light is formed additionally on the reflective resin sheet formed on one face of the supporting substrate. The phosphor layer is enclosed with an additional moisture-proof layer and the reflective resin sheet. It is possible to obtain a scintillator panel higher in sensitivity characteristics, stabilized in quality and more cost-effective by placing the reflective resin sheet between the supporting substrate and the phosphor layer. | 01-14-2010 |
20100012845 | ENERGY-RESOLVING DETECTION SYSTEM AND IMAGING SYSTEM - The invention relates to an energy-resolving detection system for detecting radiation ( | 01-21-2010 |
20100059681 | FLUORESCENT MATERIAL, SCINTILLATOR USING SAME, AND RADIATION DETECTOR USING SAME | 03-11-2010 |
20100102236 | RADIATION DETECTING APPARATUS AND RADIATION DETECTING SYSTEM - To reduce peeling between members constituting an radiation detecting apparatus, the radiation detecting apparatus of the present invention includes a laminating layered structure in which a supporting substance, an adhesive layer, an array substrate having a photoelectric conversion element, a scintillator layer for converting a radiation into light and a resin layer are stacked in this order. Of arrangement regions of each layer in a plane direction, an arrangement region of the scintillator layer is broader than the region opposed to a photoelectric conversion element, and an arrangement region of the adhesive layer is the same as or broader than the arrangement region of the photoelectric conversion element and at least a portion of the arrangement region of the adhesive layer is narrower than that of the scintillator layer. | 04-29-2010 |
20100108893 | Devices and Methods for Ultra Thin Photodiode Arrays on Bonded Supports - Ultra thin photodiode array structures and fabrication methods are disclosed. The back illuminated or front illuminated photodiode arrays have the active portion fabricated in a semiconductor layer which may be bonded to a supporting substrate layer. The active portion of semiconductor layer may comprise epitaxially grown layer. The isolation regions between pixels of an array may span the epitaxial layer and a semiconductor layer. Electrical contacts to the diodes are made through the bonded substrate or a portion of active layer. Methods of fabrication include steps to form a photodiode array of this type as well as steps to bond this array to supporting substrates. In some embodiments, supporting substrates are temporarily bonded for support of the methods of processing. | 05-06-2010 |
20100116992 | SCINTILLATOR PANEL AND RADIATION FLAT PANEL DETECTOR - There are provided a scintillator panel excellent in productivity and exhibiting enhanced emission-extracting efficiency and sharpness, resulting in reduced deterioration in sharpness between planar light-receiving element, and a radiation flat panel detector. The scintillator panel comprises a scintillator plate, wherein the scintillator plate comprises a protective layer comprising the first protective film provided on the side of the scintillator layer and the second protective film provided on the side of the substrate opposite the scintillator layer and the protective layer has a lug which is a sealed portion of the first protective film and the second protective film, and the length of the lug of the protective layer is represented by a specific expression, the first protective film is not adhered to the scintillator layer and the scintillator plate is provided as a constituent element for a radiation flat panel detector without being physicochemically adhered to the surface of a planar light receiving element. | 05-13-2010 |
20100123081 | Photodiode array, method of manufacturing the same, and radiation detector - A theme is to prevent the generation of noise due to damage in a photodetecting portion in a mounting process in a photodiode array, a method of manufacturing the same, and a radiation detector. In a photodiode array, wherein a plurality of photodiodes ( | 05-20-2010 |
20100133439 | Detector Device for Monitoring Scrap Metal for Radioactive Components - A detector device for monitoring metal scrap for radioactive components includes a gamma detector for detecting gamma radiation. The gamma detector is disposed in a protective housing which can be mounted in such a way that it projects into a pick-up area of a load suspension device which picks up the metal scrap. The gamma detector contains a scintillator as a gamma-sensitive element with a sensitive volume of less than 20 cm | 06-03-2010 |
20100148072 | PHOTODETECTOR, FLAT X-RAY DETECTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A flat organic photodetector has a structured first electrode that forms several sub-electrodes, a second electrode, at least one first organic layer, and a second organic layer. The organic layers are situated between the two electrodes and are structured in conformity with the structuring of the first electrode, so that the two organic layers are subdivided into multiple active regions respectively corresponding to the sub-electrodes of the first electrode. An x-ray detector has such a flat organic photodetector and an x-ray absorbing layer applied thereon. | 06-17-2010 |
20100163735 | RARE-EARTH MATERIALS, SCINTILLATOR CRYSTALS, AND RUGGEDIZED SCINTILLATOR DEVICES INCORPORATING SUCH CRYSTALS - A rare-earth halide material comprising a first surface region having a first surface roughness (R | 07-01-2010 |
20100181487 | Photodetector/imaging device with avalanche gain - A photodetector/imaging device comprises a layer of photoconductive material converting incident electromagnetic radiation into electrical charges, the layer of photoconductive material being capable of avalanche multiplication when an electric field of sufficient magnitude is applied thereacross; a readout layer detecting the electrical charge; and at least one interface layer between the layer of photoconductive material and the readout layer, the interface layer coupling electrical charge to or from the layer of photoconductive material and being configured to inhibit uncontrolled rises in current in the photoconductive material during avalanche multiplication. | 07-22-2010 |
20100187423 | FLUORESCENT MATERIAL,SCINTILLATOR USING SAME, AND RADIATION DETECTOR USING SAME - A fluorescent material for a scintillator to be used in a radiation detector is provided. The fluorescent material is designed to have a high fluorescent intensity and a low level of afterglow a short term of 1 to 300 ms after the termination of X-ray radiation. | 07-29-2010 |
20100193690 | RADIATION DETECTOR DEVICE HAVING A PLURALITY OF BOOT SECTIONS - A scintillation device includes a scintillator body and a plurality of boot sections spaced apart from each other by at least one gap. Each of the plurality of boot sections substantially surrounds a portion of the scintillator body and wherein the plurality of boot sections are characterized by a total length that is less than a length of the scintillator body. | 08-05-2010 |
20100200757 | SYNTHESIS OF ADVANCED SCINTILLATORS VIA VAPOR DEPOSITION TECHNIQUES - Transparent optical ceramic coating materials have been fabricated from europium-doped lutetium oxide (Lu | 08-12-2010 |
20100230601 | COMPOSITION, ARTICLE, AND METHOD - A polycrystalline scintillator composition is provided. The polycrystalline scintillator composition is capable of being sintered to form a body having a pulse height resolution that is less than about 20 percent at 662 kilo electron volts. Also, an article formed form the polycrystalline scintillator composition is provided, as well as a radiation detector including the article. | 09-16-2010 |
20100237250 | PHOTOSENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A photosensor includes a photodiode including a semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer is made up of an n-type semiconductor layer, an i-type semiconductor layer and a p-type semiconductor layer, for example. The photosensor further includes a transparent electrode made of a transparent conductive film, and a nitrogen-containing semiconductor layer formed between the semiconductor layer and the transparent electrode. | 09-23-2010 |
20100243905 | RADIATION DETECTOR - A radiation detector comprises a tool housing. The tool housing has a substantially cylindrical tubular shape. A radiation sensor generates a signal in response to detecting radiation. The radiation sensor is locatable within the tool housing. A signal processor is operably connectable with the radiation sensor. The signal processor receives the signal from the radiation sensor and generates an electrical signal as a function of the signal received. The signal processor is locatable within the tool housing. A flex-sleeve supports at least one of the radiation sensor and signal processor within the tool housing. The flex-sleeve comprises a substantially cylindrical portion and a coaxially extending polygonal portion for engagement and supportive interaction with the cylindrical portion. | 09-30-2010 |
20100252741 | SOLUTION-GROWN CRYSTALS FOR NEUTRON RADIATION DETECTORS, AND METHODS OF SOLUTION GROWTH - A method according to one embodiment includes growing an organic crystal from solution, the organic crystal exhibiting a signal response signature for neutrons from a radioactive source. A system according to one embodiment includes an organic crystal having physical characteristics of formation from solution, the organic crystal exhibiting a signal response signature for neutrons from a radioactive source; and a photodetector for detecting the signal response of the organic crystal. A method according to another embodiment includes growing an organic crystal from solution, the organic crystal being large enough to exhibit a detectable signal response signature for neutrons from a radioactive source. An organic crystal according to another embodiment includes an organic crystal having physical characteristics of formation from solution, the organic crystal exhibiting a signal response signature for neutrons from a radioactive source, wherein the organic crystal has a length of greater than about 1 mm in one dimension. | 10-07-2010 |
20100258730 | CASSETTE TYPE RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE SOLID-STATE DETECTOR - A cassette type radiographic image solid-sate detector that is an FPD compatible with a CR cassette thin-shaped with s sufficient strength, capable of preventing a housing from being deformed by external stress to deal with an external shock, and capable of portable radiography. The cassette type radiographic image solid-state detector comprises a detector unit including a scintillator layer for converting incident radiation into light and a signal detecting section for receiving the light obtained by the conversion by the scintillator layer and converting the light to an electrical signal, a housing including a housing body formed of carbon fibers and a first cover member and a second cover member covering openings of the housing body and containing the detector unit. The thickness of the housing in the direction of incidence of the radiation conforms to JIS Z 4905. At least one of the cover members is structured to be insertable into the detector unit. | 10-14-2010 |
20100264318 | Scintillator-block capable of efficient absorption of X-ray energy - The present invention describes scintillator-elements for use in X-ray detectors, the elements being shaped to ensure maximum absorption of the energy carried in by X-ray photons and to provide high position-resolution. Arrangements of such scintillator-elements in arrays and detector-systems comprising a plurality of arrays are described. | 10-21-2010 |
20100282971 | Method and Apparatus for Radiation Detection in a High Temperature Environment - A radiation detector operating at high temperatures is shown comprising a scintillating material for producing light when excited by incident radiation, a photocathode, and an electron multiplier. The photocathode is deposited directly onto the surface of the scintillating material that is oriented toward the electron multiplier. Depositing the photocathode directly on the surface greatly decreases photon loss which is a problem of prior art systems. In a preferred embodiment, a metal flange is hermetically sealed to the scintillating material and this is fusion welded to the electron multiplier to create a vacuum envelope. This invention is particularly useful in noisy environments such as downhole in a drilling operatio | 11-11-2010 |
20100294939 | PHASE STABLE RARE EARTH GARNETS - A transparent ceramic according to one embodiment includes a rare earth garnet comprising A | 11-25-2010 |
20100308225 | BETA RAY DETECTOR AND BETA RAY RECONSTRUCTION METHOD - Provided are a beta ray detector and a beta ray reconstruction method capable of achieving consistently high detection efficiency of beta rays in a wider energy region compared to that of a conventional beta ray detector while enhancing energy resolution. The beta ray detector comprises an absorber scintillator | 12-09-2010 |
20110017911 | RARE-EARTH HALIDE SCINTILLATOR COATED WITH A LIGHT ABSORBER OR LIGHT REFLECTOR - A scintillator material comprises a rare-earth halide coated with a layer comprising a resin and a pigment. In an embodiment, the scintillator material is used in an ionizing-radiation detector, and in particular embodiment, a gamma camera. The layer can adhere well and act as an absorbent or reflector depending on the color of the pigment. | 01-27-2011 |
20110017912 | RADIATION SCINTILLATOR AND RADIATION IMAGE DETECTOR - Disclosed are a radiation scintillator and a radiation image detector comprising the radiation scintillator. The radiation scintillator which exhibits enhanced sharpness and luminance and is excellent in shock resistance, comprises, on the substrate, a scintillator layer containing a phosphor and formed by a process of gas phase deposition, and the scintillator layer exhibits a thickness of 100 to 500 μm, a filling factor of the phosphor of 75 to 90% by mass and a layer thickness distribution of not more than 20%. | 01-27-2011 |
20110017913 | RADIATION IMAGE CONVERSION PANEL AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a radiation image conversion panel which has achieved a radiation image with enhanced sharpness and improved moisture resistance and shock resistance, and a production method thereof. The radiation image conversion panel comprises, on a support, a phosphor layer comprising phosphor columnar crystals, each composed mainly of cesium iodide (CsI) and formed by a process of gas phase deposition, wherein a coefficient of variation of crystal diameter of the phosphor columnar crystals is not more than 50% and a coefficient of variation of phosphor filling factor of the phosphor layer is not more than 20%. | 01-27-2011 |
20110024633 | CASSETTE TYPE RADIATION IMAGE DETECTOR - Disclosed is a cassette type radiation image detector, serving as an FPD that makes it possible to achieve the digitalization of image data. The detector includes: a detection unit to detect incident radiation to generate radiation image data and a housing that includes a main section formed in shape of a rectangular hollow cylinder at both ends of which opening sections are provided, and a first covering member and a second covering member, each of which is engaged with the main section by using an engaging member, to cover each of the opening sections, and that accommodates the detection unit therein. The main section is formed in such a manner that a first direction of carbon fibers included in a radiation incident surface and a second direction of carbon fibers included in an opposite surface are inclined relative to the opening sections, respectively, and are different from each other. | 02-03-2011 |
20110042571 | Scintillation Detector Assembly - The present disclosure relates to a scintillation assembly. The assembly may include a scintillator having a surface, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer contacting at least a portion of said surface, and a reflector proximal to the scintillator surface and adhered to the scintillator surface by the pressure sensitive adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer exhibits a TTV of 0.01 mm or less. | 02-24-2011 |
20110049371 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS - A radiation imaging apparatus comprises a housing having an upper panel on the incident side of radiation, a bottom panel opposite to the upper panel, a side panel connecting the upper panel with the bottom panel. The housing accommodates a radiation detection panel, a light source and a chassis providing rigidity to the housing. The chassis has a transmissible part which transmit the calibration light from the light source, the radiation detection panel is fixed on the side of the upper panel, and the light source is fixed on the side of the bottom part of the chassis. Further, a detachable lid is formed in at least a part of the bottom panel, and the opening portion is formed so as to expose the light source. | 03-03-2011 |
20110084210 | Process for producing a particularly strong scintillation material, a crystal obtained by said process and uses thereof - A large-volume scintillation crystal affording a high scintillation yield and having high mechanical strength is obtained by growing a crystal from a melt containing strontium iodide, barium iodide or a mixture thereof and by doping with an activator. To this end, the melt is enclosed in a closed volume. Before and/or during the growing, the melt is in diffusion-permitting connection, via the enclosed volume, with an oxygen getter which sets a constant oxygen potential in the closed volume and the melt. Such a scintillation crystal is suitable for detecting UV-, gamma-, beta-, alpha- and/or positron radiation. | 04-14-2011 |
20110114843 | RADIATION DETECTOR AND METHOD OF USING A RADIATION DETECTOR - A radiation detector can include a scintillating material to produce scintillation light in response to receiving neutrons, gamma radiation, potentially other targeted radiation, or any combination thereof. In a particular embodiment, the detector converts scintillating light to an electrical pulse and analyzes the shape of the electrical pulse to determine whether neutrons, gamma rays, or potentially other targeted radiation are detected. The detector can be configured to distinguish between neutrons and gamma rays. The scintillating material can extend over a length greater than approximately 1.1 meters. In an embodiment, the radiation detector can be used near a passageway to detect radioactive material passing through the passageway. More particularly, the radiation detector can be used to detect the radioactive material within a vehicle passing through the passageway. | 05-19-2011 |
20110121183 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, ITS CONTROLLING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING ITS PROGRAM - An idling time period after applying a bias to a conversion element until a start of an accumulation of the conversion element for deriving an image and an accumulation period from the start of the accumulation to a termination of the accumulation are measured. An offset correction of the image is conducted by using a dark current accumulation charge quantity in the accumulation calculated based on the measured idling time period and accumulation period and stored dark current response characteristics. Thus, even just after applying the bias to the conversion element, the offset correction can be properly conducted. An imaging apparatus which can execute a good radiographing without increasing costs and a size even just after applying the bias to the conversion element is provided. | 05-26-2011 |
20110121184 | DOI RADIATION DETECTOR - In a DOI radiation detector, scintillation crystals are arranged in three dimensions on a light receiving surface of a light receiving element, and a response of a crystal having detected a radiation ray can be identified on the light receiving surface. Thereby, a position at which the radiation ray is detected is determined in three dimensions. In this DOI radiation detector, regular triangular prism scintillation crystals are used, and response positions of the respective crystals are shifted for each set. This allows crystal identification without loss even with a structure such as a three-layer or six-layer structure hard to achieve by a quadrangular prism scintillation crystal. | 05-26-2011 |
20110121185 | RADIATION IMAGE DETECTING APPARATUS - There is disclosed a radiation image detecting apparatus which has achieved enhanced moisture resistance of a scintillator and enhanced image quality such as sharpness of a radiation image. The radiation image detecting apparatus is provided with a scintillator panel comprising a phosphor layer on a substrate and a photoelectric conversion panel, in which the scintillator panel is held between the photoelectric conversion panel and an opposed base material, and the periphery of the photoelectric conversion panel adheres to the periphery of the opposed base material with an adhesive, and pressure of a gas in the space between the photoelectric conversion panel and the opposed base material being lower than an atmospheric pressure. | 05-26-2011 |
20110139991 | RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MAKING A RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEM - A radiation detection system can include a first scintillator having a first edge extending between a first surface and a second surface of the first scintillator. The radiation detection system can also include a second scintillator having a second edge extending between a third surface and a fourth surface of the second scintillator. The first edge of the first scintillator can be coupled to the second edge of the second scintillator. In a particular embodiment, a first portion of the first scintillator and a second portion of the second scintillator can both lie along a line that is perpendicular to the first surface of the first scintillator. In another embodiment, an optical coupling material can be coupled between the first edge and the second edge. | 06-16-2011 |
20110163235 | SCINTIGRAPHIC DEVICE WITH HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION - A scintillation device with high resolution includes a detection unit ( | 07-07-2011 |
20110163236 | Scintillation-Cherenkov Detector and Method for High Energy X-Ray Cargo Container Imaging and Industrial Radiography - An inspection system, and corresponding methods, employing a detector for characterizing high energy penetrating radiation transmitted through an inspected object. The detector produces a detector signal that is due to both scintillation and Cherenkov processes. The scintillation and Cherenkov components of the detector signal are discriminated and processed to obtain separate measures of relative attenuation of higher and lower energy penetrating radiation in a target intervening between a source of penetrating radiation and the detector. In certain embodiments of the invention, scintillation and Cherenkov components of a detector signal are discriminated on the basis of distinct spectral features, or, alternatively, by processing temporal characteristics of the signal of a single photodetector. | 07-07-2011 |
20110168901 | Novel Lanthanide Doped Barium Phosphorous Oxide Scintillators - The present invention provides for a composition comprising an inorganic scintillator comprising a lanthanide-doped barium phosphorous oxide useful for detecting nuclear material. | 07-14-2011 |
20110198502 | PARTICLE RADIOTHERAPY APPARATUS - In a particle radiotherapy apparatus which has a passage for allowing movement of a particle beam, this invention provides a particle radiotherapy apparatus with high sensitivity for detection of annihilation radiation pairs even if there is a difference between a point where the particle beam loses energy and a position of a detector ring in a body axis direction of a patient. For the purpose of solving such a problem, the particle radiotherapy apparatus according to this invention includes an elliptic detector ring which is vertically long and is reversibly tiltable. Consequently, annihilation gamma ray pairs are detected with the single elliptic detector ring. Then, annihilation gamma ray pairs occurring inside the elliptic detector ring will be detected. In other words, all annihilation gamma ray pairs will impinge on the single elliptic detector ring at substantially right angles. This inhibits lowering of sensitivity for detection. | 08-18-2011 |
20110204239 | Radiation detection device - A radiation detection device, which includes an imaging board for detecting radiation transmitted through a subject to obtain a radiographic image of the subject, is provided with a heat dissipating member disposed on a radiation receiving side of the imaging board. | 08-25-2011 |
20110204240 | Scintillating Crystal Detector - A detector using scintillating crystals is provided. The scintillating crystal is based on cerium doped lutetium yttrium orthosilicate (Ce:LYSO). With calcium (Ca) doped into Ce:LYSO, the electrovalence of Ce is further uniformly distributed. The scintillating crystal obtains high stability with 2 to 10 times greater electrical degree than that of a general scintillating crystal. Thus, radiative induction to cancer cells is improved and distribution of the cancer cells is easily figured out. | 08-25-2011 |
20110210254 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SCINTILLATOR AND SCINTILLATOR - A method is disclosed, in at least one embodiment, for producing a scintillator for a radiation detector, in which the scintillator is produced in layers by depositing a scintillator material using a PVD process. By using a PVD process, owing to lower process temperatures of less than 300° C., it is possible to produce scintillators with decay times of less than 1.1 ns over large surfaces. In this way, the prerequisites for quantitative and energy-selective detection of individual radiation quanta can be satisfied even with fluxes of more than 10 | 09-01-2011 |
20110233411 | Method of managing radiation detectors, radiographic image capturing apparatus, and radiographic image capturing system - A method of managing radiation detectors allows the radiation detectors to be assembled into a radiographic image capturing apparatus such that defective pixels of the radiation detectors are not disposed at the same pixel position (coordinates). The method comprises the steps of recognizing the positions of defective pixels of a plurality of manufactured radiation detectors, referring to the recognized positions of the defective pixels, and assembling at least two radiation detectors into the radiographic image capturing apparatus in a superposed relationship, such that the defective pixels of the radiation detectors are not superposed one on the other. | 09-29-2011 |
20110248173 | PORTABLE RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - A portable radiographic image capture device including a radiation detector for capturing a radiographic image representing irradiated radiation and outputting an electrical signal representing the captured radiographic image; a control board that controls the image capture operation of the radiation detector; and a casing formed in a substantially rectangular flat plate shape, housing the radiation detector and the control board such that they are superimposed on each other. The casing has a flat image capture region for capturing a radiographic image with the radiation detector, is sloped such that the thickness at an end section at least one edge of the casing gradually decreases, and is capable of disposing at least a portion of at least one of the radiation detector and/or the control board inside the angled sloping region of the casing. | 10-13-2011 |
20110253898 | Multiple Screen Detection Systems - The present specification discloses an improved detection system employing multiple screens for greater detection efficiency. More particularly, a first enclosure has two adjacent walls, each with interior surfaces, a first end and a second end. The first ends of the two adjacent walls are connected at an angle to form an interior and the second ends of the two adjacent walls are connected to a semi-circular housing. At least one substrate, positioned on each of the interior surfaces of the adjacent walls, has an active area for receiving and converting electromagnetic radiation into light. A photodetector, positioned in the interior portion of the semi-circular housing, has an active area responsive to the light. | 10-20-2011 |
20110260065 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - Provided is a near-infrared spectroscopy apparatus using a phosphor. | 10-27-2011 |
20110260066 | SOLID-STATE X-RAY DETECTOR - A solid-state radiation detector comprises a photosensitive sensor associated with a radiation converter or scintillator. The fields of application of this type of detector are notably radiology: radiography, fluoroscopy and mammography, but also nondestructive testing. The detector comprises a rigid entrance window passed through by the first radiation upstream of the scintillator, the scintillator being placed between the sensor and the entrance window, the sensor comprising a substrate and photosensitive elements placed on the substrate. According to the invention, the entrance window is shaped so as to closely fit the form of the scintillator and is fixed in a moisture-tight manner on the substrate of the sensor. | 10-27-2011 |
20110266448 | THIN FILM DOPED ZnO NEUTRON DETECTORS - A neutron detector having a scintillator layor comprising a thin film of doped zinc oxide is disclosed. The use of doped zinc oxide in such applications provides appliances and detectors that are rugged, tolerant to shocks and temperature variations, non-hygoroscopic, and suitable for outdoor applications. | 11-03-2011 |
20110266449 | OPTICAL SENSOR AND DEVICE THEREWITH, AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - An optical sensor is provided with reduced sensitivity toward external light influences, fluorophores, and radiation, more particularly gamma radiation. The sensor is suitable for determining at least one parameter in a medium. The sensor has a matrix that contains a fluorescent dye. The matrix is supported by a transparent substrate and has a precious metal layer on the side facing the medium. The precious metal layer provides protection against photobleaching and radiation. The optical sensor is suitable for implementation in containers and laboratory products that are sterilized by gamma radiation, such as disposable bioreactors. | 11-03-2011 |
20110278463 | Radiation Detector And Method For Producing A Radiation Detector - A radiation detector is disclosed, which in at least one embodiment includes a scintillator with septa for separating scintillator elements arranged alongside one another, and a collimator with webs for forming laterally enclosed radiation channels, wherein the webs are inserted into the septa in order to avoid crosstalk between adjacent scintillator elements. This effectively suppresses crosstalk by light or secondary quanta between adjacent pixels in conjunction with a simple construction and high mechanical stability with the consequence that the spatial resolution and quantum efficiency of the radiation detector can be increased. At least one embodiment additionally relates to a method for producing such a radiation detector. | 11-17-2011 |
20110284749 | Radiation detector - The present invention provides a radiation detector that may suppress a decrease in dynamic range, and may improve an S/N ratio at a low radiation amount. Namely, pixels are provided with sensor sections each having different sensitivity characteristics, the sensor sections generating electric charge in response to irradiation of radiation and accumulating the electric charge in accordance with the amount of irradiated radiation. A control signal flows through a switch element provided for each pixel via scan lines. An electric signal corresponding with the electric charge accumulated in the sensor section of each pixel flows through signal lines in accordance with the switching state of the respective switch elements. | 11-24-2011 |
20110309250 | Methods for Manufacturing Three-Dimensional Devices and Devices Created Thereby - In certain exemplary embodiments of the present invention, three-dimensional micro-mechanical devices and/or micro-structures can be made using a production casting process. As part of this process, an intermediate mold can be made from or derived from a precision stack lamination and used to fabricate the devices and/or structures. Further, the micro-devices and/or micro-structures can be fabricated on planar or nonplanar surfaces through use of a series of production casting processes and intermediate molds. The use of precision stack lamination can allow the fabrication of high aspect ratio structures. Moreover, via certain molding and/or casting materials, molds having cavities with protruding undercuts also can be fabricated. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. This abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 12-22-2011 |
20120001074 | CERAMIC SCINTILATOR BODY AND SCINTILLATION DEVICE - A scintillation device includes a free-standing ceramic scintillator body that includes a polycrystalline ceramic scintillating material comprising a rare earth element, wherein the polycrystalline ceramic scintillating material is characterized substantially by a cation-deficient perovskite structure. A method of producing a free-standing ceramic scintillator body includes preparing a precursor solution including a rare earth element precursor, a hafnium precursor and an activator (Ac) precursor, obtaining a precipitate from the solution, and calcining the precipitate to obtain a polycrystalline ceramic scintillating material including a rare earth hafnate doped with the activator and having a cation-deficient perovskite structure. | 01-05-2012 |
20120018642 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE DETECTOR - [Problems to be Solved] It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel radiographic image detector which can detect radiation, such as hard X-rays or γ-rays, with high sensitivity and which is excellent in position resolution and count rate characteristic. | 01-26-2012 |
20120025084 | RADIATION DETECTOR WITH MULTIPLE OPERATING SCHEMES - A radiation detector includes a conversion element that converts an incoming radiation beam into electrical signals, which in turn can be used to generate data about the radiation beam. The conversion element may include, for example, a scintillator that converts the radiation beam into light, and a sensor that generates the signals in response to the light. The conversion element can be used in different schemes or data collection modes. For instance, the conversion element can be oriented normal to the radiation beam or transverse to the radiation beam. In either of these orientations, for example, the detector can be used in an integrating mode or in a counting mode. | 02-02-2012 |
20120025085 | ION DETECTOR - An ion detector for detecting positive ions and negative ions, includes a housing provided with an ion entrance to make the positive ions and the negative ions enter, a conversion dynode which is disposed in the housing and to which a negative potential is applied, a scintillator which is disposed in the housing and has an electron incident surface which is opposed to the conversion dynode and into which secondary electrons emitted from the conversion dynode are made incident, a conductive layer which is formed on the electron incident surface and to which a positive potential is applied, and a photodetector which detects light emitted by the scintillator in response to incidence of the secondary electrons. | 02-02-2012 |
20120056092 | X-RAY DETECTOR WITH IMPROVED QUANTUM EFFICIENCY - Among other things, one or more systems and/or techniques for integrating electrical charge yielded from an indirect conversion detector array of a pulsating radiation system are provided. The integration begins during a resting period between a first and second pulse and ends before the second pulse is emitted. Electrical charge that is measured during a resting period is integrated, while electrical charge measured during a pulse is not integrated. In this way, parasitic contributions caused by the direct interaction of radiation photons with a photodiode are reduced and a quantum efficiency of the indirect conversion detector array is increased, for example. Moreover, the period of integration can be adjusted such that a voltage gain related to the indirect conversion detector array can be varied to a predetermined level. | 03-08-2012 |
20120068073 | CASSETTE TYPE RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE SOLID-STATE DETECTOR - A cassette type radiographic image detector may include a housing including a first surface on which radiation enters and a second surface as a back surface opposite to the first surface, and a detection panel housed within the housing which detects radiation transmitted through the first surface. The housing may be configured to disperse an external force by transmitting a vertical component of the external force from one of the first or second surface to the other of the first or second surface. | 03-22-2012 |
20120068074 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SCINTILLATOR PANEL, SCINTILLATOR PANEL, AND RADIATION IMAGE DETECTOR - A method of manufacturing a scintillator panel in which no dust is generated when improving protrusions on the phosphor surface, resulting in no generation of image defects caused by the dust, to-provide a scintillator panel exhibiting excellent image quality and a radiation image detector thereof. The scintillator panel includes a support having a phosphor layer formed thereon. The method includes forming the phosphor layer on the support, and subsequently heat-treating the support and the phosphor layer which are sandwiched by two rigid plates under applied pressure. | 03-22-2012 |
20120097855 | SCINTILLATOR PANEL, METHOD OF PRODUCING SCINTILLATOR PANEL, RADIATION IMAGE DETECTOR AND METHOD OF PRODUCING RADIATION IMAGE DETECTOR - A scintillator panel which has achieved enhanced sharpness and sensitivity is disclosed, comprising on a first support a phosphor layer comprising phosphor columnar crystals formed by a process of vapor phase deposition and containing a parent component of cesium iodide (CsI) and an activator of thallium (Tl), and the phosphor layer comprising a first layer of a CsI layer which is in the bottom portion of the phosphor layer and does not contain any activator of thallium, and on the first layer, a second layer of a CsI—Tl layer which contains the activator of thallium and exhibits not more than 32% of a coefficient of variation of concentration of thallium in the direction of thickness. | 04-26-2012 |
20120104259 | APPARATUS FOR TIME TO DIGITAL CONVERSION - A time-to-digital converter device includes a first delay chain circuit that generates a first value corresponding to a time delay between a start signal and a stop signal. The time-to-digital converter device also includes at least one second delay chain circuits that generates a second value corresponding to a time delay between a delayed start signal and the stop signal. At least one delay element generates the delayed start signal by applying a predetermined delay to the start signal, and a combining circuit generates an output value based on the first and second values. In the time-to-digital converter according to the exemplary embodiments of the present advancements, the output value corresponds to the time delay between the start signal and the stop signal. | 05-03-2012 |
20120112074 | NEUTRON SCINTILLATOR COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A neutron scintillator composite (NSC) material is made of a neutron scintillator material and a binder material. The binder material has an index of refraction substantially identical to the neutron scintillator material. The neutron scintillator material and binder material are mixed into a solid or semi-solid neutron scintillator composite material with sufficient flowability for molding into a shaped article, such as a neutron sensing element of a radiation detector. The neutron scitillator composite material collects and channels photons through the material itself and into a photosensing element optically coupled to the material. Because the indices of refraction for both the neutron scintillator material and the binder material are substantially identical, scattering at the scintillator-binder interface(s) is minimized, thereby producing transmission efficiencies that approach single crystals. | 05-10-2012 |
20120112075 | RADIATION DETECTOR - There is provided a radiation detector including: a support body; a scintillator layer that is deposited further to the inside than outside edges of the support body and that converts incident radiation into light; a photo detector plate that converts light emitted from the scintillator layer into charge and has a different linear expansion coefficient to that of the support body, the photo detector plate being adhered to the scintillator layer so as to form a gap between the photo detector plate and the support body; and a sealing layer of a resilient body that is poured into the gap and that covers a side face of the scintillator layer, such that a film thickness at the center portion of the sealing layer is thinner than a film thickness of the sealing layer at the support body side edges and at the photo detector plate side edges. | 05-10-2012 |
20120112076 | REMOTE DETECTION OF RADIATION - Various embodiments of the present invention provide a method of detecting inaccessible radiation sources by measuring corresponding ions and excited molecules created by radiation, using LIDAR technology. The LIDAR system of the present invention employs a pulsed laser transmitter, a telescope receiver, and associated control and acquisition systems. Light propagates out from the laser transmitted and is directed into the volume surrounding the radioactive source, or the “ion cloud.” The ion cloud absorbs the transmitted light, which induces the non-fluorescing ions to fluoresce. Light from the ion cloud is then backscattered and the telescope receiver subsequently collects the photons from the backscattered light. The intensity of the fluorescence (determined by the photon count) is measured, which provides an indication of the number density of the ionized atoms. Algorithms can then be used to relate the measured ionization rates to the source activity. | 05-10-2012 |
20120119092 | SCINTILLATING MATERIAL HAVING LOW AFTERGLOW - The invention relates to a scintillator material comprising a cerium-doped rare-earth silicate, characterized in that its absorbance at a wavelength of 357 nm is less than its absorbance at 280 nm. This material has an afterglow of generally less than 200 ppm after 100 ms relative to the intensity measured during an X-ray irradiation. It is preferably codoped. It may be obtained using an oxidizing anneal. It is particularly suited to integration in an ionizing particle detector that may be used in a medical imaging apparatus. | 05-17-2012 |
20120132811 | SCINTILLATOR-PHOTOSENSOR SANDWICH AND RADIATION DETECTOR AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR, EMBODYING SAME - In a method to produce a scintillator-photosensor sandwich for use in a pixel-resolving radiation detector for ionizing radiation, either a scintillator layer or a photosensor layer can respectively be the first and second function layers (alternatively). A transfer adhesive tape carries an adhesive layer having an exposed first side and a second side covered by protective film. The exposed side of the adhesive layer is applied onto a first of the function layers. A first lamination of the adhesive layer including the protective film onto the first function layer is implemented. The protective film is removed. A second of the function layers is then placed in contact with the second side of the adhesive layer that is situated on the first of the function layers. A second lamination of the two function layers with the adhesive layer situated between them is implemented. | 05-31-2012 |
20120132812 | METHOD TO PRODUCE A SCINTILLATOR-PHOTOSENSOR SANDWICH, SCINTILLATOR-PHOTOSENSOR SANDWICH, AND RADIATION DETECTOR - In a method to produce a scintillator-photosensor sandwich, as well as a scintillator-photosensor sandwich and a radiation detector with such a scintillator-photosensor sandwich, the scintillator-photosensor sandwich is generated by gluing a first support frame onto an adhesive layer (covered on at least one side with a second protective film on the side facing the adhesive layer, the first frame having a size that (in terms of area) surrounds the scintillator-photosensor sandwich to be produced. The first support frame is placed onto a flat base that supports a first function layer (either a scintillator layer or a photosensor layer). The adhesive layer supported on the first support frame and the first function layer are laminarly assembled. The second protective film is removed from the adhesive layer and a second function layer (the other of the scintillator layer or the photosensor layer not used as the first function layer) is assembled with the first function layer with the interposed adhesive layer. | 05-31-2012 |
20120132813 | OPTICAL SENSOR COMPRISING A LAYER SOLUBLE IN THE MEDIUM TO BE MEASURED AND DEVICE COMPRISING IT, AND PROCESS FOR THEIR PRODUCTION - An optical is provided with reduced sensitivity to radiation, more particularly gamma radiation. The optical sensor is suitable for determining at least one parameter in a medium and includes a matrix containing a fluorescent dye. The matrix is supported by a transparent support. On the side facing the medium, the matrix has a layer soluble in the medium, which layer provides protection against radiation or damaging radiation products. The optical sensor is suitable for implementation in containers and laboratory products, such as disposable bioreactors for example, which are sterilized using gamma radiation. | 05-31-2012 |
20120153163 | IMAGING MEASUREMENT SYSTEM WITH A PRINTED PHOTODETECTOR ARRAY - Low cost large area photodetector arrays are provided. In a first embodiment, the photodetectors comprise an inorganic photoelectric conversion material formed in a single thick layer of material. In a second embodiment, the photodetectors comprise a lamination of several thin layers of an inorganic photoelectric conversion material, the combined thickness of which is large enough to absorb incoming x-rays with a high detector quantum efficiency. In a third embodiment, the photodetectors comprise a lamination of several layers of inorganic or organic photoelectric conversion material, wherein each layer has a composite scintillator coating. | 06-21-2012 |
20120161011 | HIGH ASPECT RATIO SCINTILLATOR DETECTOR FOR NEUTRON DETECTION - A detection device includes a photon sensor and a scintillator device optically coupled to the photon sensor. The scintillator device includes a scintillator material having a first refractive index, a first refractive material in a first annular space around the scintillator material, and a second refractive material in a second annular space around the first annular space. The first refractive material has a second refractive index. The second refractive index is less than the first refractive index. The second refractive material has a third refractive index. The third refractive index is less than the second refractive index. | 06-28-2012 |
20120161012 | SCINTILLATOR MATERIAL - A device having: a scintillator material having an atom having an atomic number of at least 45, and one or more photomultiplier tubes adjacent to the scintillator material. | 06-28-2012 |
20120181434 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS, RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS - A radiation imaging apparatus includes a substrate, at least one imaging element, a scintillator, a first heat peelable adhesive member which fixes the substrate to the imaging element, and a second heat peelable adhesive member which fixes the imaging element to the scintillator. An adhesive strength of the first heat peelable member is decreased by heat. A temperature of the first heat peelable adhesive member at which the adhesive strength is decreased is substantially equal to a temperature at which second heat peelable adhesive member fixes the imaging element to the scintillator. A heat transfer quantity per unit time of the substrate is different from that of the scintillator. | 07-19-2012 |
20120187298 | SCINTILLATOR PANEL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS - A scintillator includes a scintillator layer having a first surface and second surface which are surfaces opposite to each other, wherein the scintillator layer includes a plurality of columnar portions, each columnar portion including a columnar crystal for converting a radiation into light, and the columnar crystal of each columnar portion having a diameter which increases from an intermediate portion between the first surface and the second surface toward the first surface and the second surface. | 07-26-2012 |
20120187299 | SCINTILLATOR PANEL, RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEM - A method of manufacturing a scintillator panel including a scintillator layer which converts a radiation into light, includes a growing step of growing a scintillator including a plurality of columnar crystals on a first substrate; a fixing step of fixing a second substrate to a surface of the scintillator that is opposite to a surface on a side of the first substrate; a separation step of separating the first substrate from the scintillator; and a removal step of removing, from the scintillator, a portion of a predetermined thickness from an exposed surface of the scintillator that is exposed in the separation step, to form the scintillator layer. | 07-26-2012 |
20120193539 | Novel Lanthanide Doped Strontium-Barium Cesium Halide Scintillators - The present invention provides for a composition comprising an inorganic scintillator comprising an optionally lanthanide-doped strontium-barium, optionally cesium, halide, useful for detecting nuclear material. | 08-02-2012 |
20120193540 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A radiological image detection apparatus includes: a scintillator which is formed out of a group of columnar crystals in which crystals of a fluorescent material emitting fluorescence when irradiated with radiation have grown into columnar shapes; and a photodetector which is provided on a radiation entrance side of the scintillator and which detects the fluorescence emitted by the scintillator as an electric signal. A high activator density region whose activator density is higher than activator density of a region on an opposite side to the radiation entrance side in the scintillator is provided and disposed on the photodetector side in the scintillator. | 08-02-2012 |
20120217404 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a radiological image detection apparatus having: a scintillator that emits fluorescence upon exposure to radiation; and a photodetecting unit disposed on a radiation entrance side of the scintillator, the method includes: a photodetecting unit production process for layering on a substrate a protective member that exhibits low radiation absorbency than that exhibited by the substrate and forming a thin film portion that detects the fluorescence as an electric signal on the protective member, thereby producing the photodetecting unit; a substrate peel-removal process for peeling and eliminating the substrate from the protective member; and an integration process for integrating the previously-produced scintillator and the photodetecting unit before or after the substrate peel-removal process. | 08-30-2012 |
20120217405 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A radiological image detection apparatus includes: a phosphor which contains fluorescent material emitting fluorescence in response to radiation exposure; a sensor portion of thin-film type that is provided adjacent to a radiation entering side of the phosphor and supported by the phosphor and that detects fluorescence emitted by the phosphor; and a moisture preventing portion that covers at least a part of a rear face opposite to a phosphor side of the sensor portion so as to suppress entering of moisture into the sensor portion. | 08-30-2012 |
20120217406 | GAS-FILLED NEUTRON DETECTORS HAVING IMPROVED DETECTION EFFICIENCY - Surfaces or surface portions incorporated into gas-filled neutron detectors are coated with and/or composed of at least partially, neutron reactive material. The surfaces may be flat or curved fins or plates, foils, porous or filamentary material, or semi-solid material or aerogel. The incorporation of the extended surfaces coated with or composed of neutron reactive material increases the neutron detection efficiency of the gas-filled detectors over conventional coated designs. These surfaces or surface portions increase the amount of neutron reactive material present in the detector over conventional coated designs and, as a result, increase the neutron detection efficiency. The surfaces can be made of conductive, semiconductive or insulative materials. The surfaces are arranged such that they do not detrimentally detract from the main function of a gas-filled detector with particular attention to gas-filled proportional detectors. | 08-30-2012 |
20120228509 | RADIATION IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A radiation imaging device includes: a sensor substrate having a pixel portion including a photoelectric conversion element; a scintillator layer provided on the pixel portion of the sensor substrate; and a sealing layer with which at least a part of the scintillator layer is sealed, in which the sealing layer includes a first wall portion disposed on the sensor substrate away from the scintillator layer, and a moisture-proof layer provided between the scintillator layer and the first wall portion. | 09-13-2012 |
20120235046 | RADIATION DETECTION ELEMENT - Disclosed is a radiation detection element which can inexpensively be manufactured. The detection element including, as a main component, a base resin not containing any fluorescent substance at all is used for radiation measurement. | 09-20-2012 |
20120241627 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A radiological image detection apparatus includes: a radiation image conversion panel including: a phosphor having a group of columnar crystals in which crystals of the fluorescent material have grown into columnar shape, the fluorescent material which emits fluorescent light when exposed to radiation and a protective film which covers at least a fluorescent light emission surface of the phosphor, a surface of the protective film being subjected to plasma processing; a sensor panel detecting the fluorescent light emitted from the phosphor; and an adhesive layer which is sandwiched between the protective film and a photodetecting surface of the sensor panel and with which the radiation image conversion panel and the sensor panel are bonded to each other, a thickness of the adhesive layer being in a range of 10 to 40 μm. | 09-27-2012 |
20120248317 | SCINTILLATOR CRYSTAL HAVING PHASE-SEPARATED STRUCTURE - A scintillator crystal to be used for a radiation detector such as X-ray CT apparatus has a unidirectional phase-separated structure and provides a light guiding function without forming partitions to prevent any crosstalk. The scintillator crystal comprises a phase-separated structure including a plurality of first crystal phases of the columnar crystals with unidirectionality and a second crystal phase covering lateral surfaces of the first crystal phases. At least the second crystal phase comprises CuI and emits light when excited by radiation. | 10-04-2012 |
20120248318 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE-PICKUP DEVICE AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE-PICKUP DISPLAY SYSTEM - A radiographic image-pickup device includes: a photoelectric conversion layer; a wavelength conversion layer provided on the photoelectric conversion layer and converting a wavelength of radiation into a wavelength within a sensitivity band of the photoelectric conversion layer; and a low-refractive-index layer provided between the photoelectric conversion layer and the wavelength conversion layer, and having a refractive index lower than a refractive index of each of the photoelectric conversion layer and the wavelength conversion layer. | 10-04-2012 |
20120256091 | RADIATION DETECTING APPARATUS - A radiation detecting apparatus includes a radiation detector including a scintillator for converting radiation that has passed through a subject into visible light, and a substantially rectangular shaped photoelectric transducer board for converting the visible light into radiographic image information, and a casing housing the radiation detector therein. The casing is of a substantially rectangular shape and includes an upper plate, a lower plate, and a frame interconnecting the upper plate and the lower plate. The frame has a recess defined therein, which faces and is spaced from a corner of the photoelectric transducer board, the recess being concave in a direction away from the corner. | 10-11-2012 |
20120261581 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DETECTOR, RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS INCLUDING DETECTOR MANUFACTURED THEREBY, AND RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEM - A method is provided for manufacturing a high-performance plane-type detector without the increase in cost or decrease in yield accompanying the increase in the number of masks. The method includes the first step of forming a first electrode and a control electrode from a first electroconductive film deposited on a substrate, the second step of depositing an insulating film and a semiconductor film in that order after the first step, the third step of depositing an impurity semiconductor film and a second electroconductive film in that order after the second step, and forming a common electrode wire and a first electroconductive member from the second electroconductive film, and the fourth step of forming with the same mask a second electrode and a second electroconductive member from a transparent electroconductive oxide film formed after the third step, and impurity semiconductor layers from the impurity semiconductor film. | 10-18-2012 |
20120273685 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE CONVERSION PANEL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RADIOLOGICAL CONVERSION PANEL AND RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS - A radiological image conversion panel includes a phosphor and a light transmissive protection material. The phosphor has a group of columnar crystals formed by growing a crystal of a fluorescent material and a fluorescence emitting surface configured by a set of tips of the columnar crystals. The light transmissive protection material covers the fluorescence emitting surface of the phosphor. The protection material is inserted between the tips of the group of the columnar crystals. A gap is formed between at least a part of a side of the tips of the columnar crystals and the protection material. The radiological image detection apparatus includes a radiological image conversion panel and a sensor panel that is provided close to the fluorescence emitting surface of the phosphor to detect the fluorescence emitted from the phosphor. | 11-01-2012 |
20120286165 | Rare-Earth Halide Crystal Scintillator With Polished Sensitive Face - The invention relates to a single-crystal scintillator material comprising at least 50 wt % of rare-earth halide and comprising a polished first face. This material is integrated into an ionizing-radiation detector comprising a photoreceiver, the photoreceiver being optically coupled to the material via a face other than the polished first face. The material provides a good energy resolution and a high light intensity. The polishing may be carried out whatever the crystal orientation of the crystal. Loss of material due to this orientation is therefore prevented. | 11-15-2012 |
20120292515 | PANEL SUPPORT PLATE AND DETECTOR AND X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEM - A panel support plate for supporting a detection panel within an X-ray detector is provided. The panel support plate comprises a shock absorption space, a portion of which is in contact with an internal edge of a housing of the detector. | 11-22-2012 |
20120292516 | SCINTILLATOR CRYSTAL BODY, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND RADIATION DETECTOR - In a scintillator used for radiation detection, such as an X-ray CT scanner, a scintillation crystal body having a unidirectional phase separation structure is provided which has a light guide function for crosstalk prevention without using partitions. The phase separation structure includes a first crystal phase and a second crystal phase having a refractive index larger than that of the first crystal phase and which have a first principal surface and a second principal surface, these principal surfaces being not located on the same plane, the first principal surface and the second principal surface have portions to which the second crystal phase is exposed, and a portion of the second crystal phase exposed to the first principal surface and a portion of the second crystal phase exposed to the second principal surface are connected to each other. | 11-22-2012 |
20120298874 | RADIATION DETECTION DEVICE - A scintillator receives radiation and produces light. The scintillator is composed of columnar crystals arranged upright. Conical end portions of the columnar crystals are embedded in a resin layer formed on a light detection section. The resin layer, made from a thermosetting resin material, is heated and cured with the end portions embedded therein. Because a refractive index of the resin layer is lower than that of the columnar crystals, average refractive indices of respective layers between the columnar crystals and the light detection section change continuously. The resin layer prevents the end portions from damage and improves efficiency of incidence on the light detection section. | 11-29-2012 |
20120305777 | RADIATION IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND RADIATION IMAGE PICKUP DISPLAY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A radiation image pickup device includes: a sensor substrate including a photoelectric conversion element; a non-ionic layer provided on a part of the sensor substrate; and a wavelength converting member provided on the non-ionic layer, and converting a wavelength of a radiation into a wavelength in a sensitivity range of the photoelectric conversion element. | 12-06-2012 |
20120305778 | SCINTILLATION CRYSTAL INCLUDING A RARE EARTH HALIDE, AND A RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SCINTILLATION CRYSTAL - A scintillation crystal can include Ln | 12-06-2012 |
20120305779 | INORGANIC SCINTILLATING MATERIAL, CRYSTAL SCINTILLATOR AND RADIATION DETECTOR - A new inorganic scintillating material is provided represented by the formula Ln | 12-06-2012 |
20120326042 | SOLUTION-GROWN CRYSTALS FOR NEUTRON RADIATION DETECTORS, AND METHODS OF SOLUTION GROWTH - An organic crystal according to one embodiment includes an organic crystal comprising diphenylacetylene and stilbene or a stilbene derivative, the crystal having physical characteristics of formation from solution, the organic crystal exhibiting a signal response signature for neutrons from a radioactive source. A system according to one embodiment includes an organic crystal comprising diphenylacetylene and stilbene or a stilbene derivative, the crystal having physical characteristics of formation from solution, the organic crystal exhibiting a signal response signature for neutrons from a radioactive source; and a photodetector for detecting the signal response of the organic crystal. Methods of making such crystals are also provided. | 12-27-2012 |
20130001423 | RADIATION SENSING THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE PANELS - A transparent scintillator panel including an extruded scintillation layer comprising a thermoplastic polyolefin and a scintillator material, wherein the transparent scintillator panel has an intrinsic MTF at least 5% greater than the iH50 of a solvent-coated DRZ+ screen. Also disclosed is a scintillation detection system including a transparent scintillator panel comprising an extruded scintillation layer comprising a thermoplastic olefin and a scintillator material; and at least one photodetector coupled to the transparent scintillator panel, wherein at least one photodetector is configured to detect photons generated from the transparent scintillator panel. Further disclosed is a method of making a transparent scintillator panel including providing thermoplastic particles comprising at least one thermoplastic polyolefin and a scintillator material; and melt extruding the thermoplastic particles to form an extruded scintillation layer. | 01-03-2013 |
20130015357 | SCINTILLATOR HAVING PHASE SEPARATION STRUCTURE AND RADIATION DETECTOR USING THE SAMEAANM Horie; RyokoAACI Kawasaki-shiAACO JPAAGP Horie; Ryoko Kawasaki-shi JPAANM Yasui; NobuhiroAACI Yokohama-shiAACO JPAAGP Yasui; Nobuhiro Yokohama-shi JPAANM Ohashi; YoshihiroAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Ohashi; Yoshihiro Tokyo JPAANM Den; ToruAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Den; Toru Tokyo JP - Provided is a scintillator used for detecting radiation in an X-ray CT scanner or the like, the scintillator having a unidirectional phase separation structure having an optical waveguide function, which eliminates the need of formation of partition walls for preventing crosstalks. The scintillator has the phase separation structure including: a first crystal phase including multiple columnar crystals having unidirectionality; and a second crystal phase filling space on the side of the first crystal phase. The second crystal phase includes a material represented by Cs | 01-17-2013 |
20130032720 | NOVEL COMPOSITION FOR RADIATION IMAGING DETECTOR AND A RADIATION IMAGING DETECTOR COMPRISING THE SAME - Disclosed is a novel composition for radiation image detector. The composition comprises an organic matrix comprising a charge transport material (CTM); and scintillating particles for absorbing radiation, being dispersed in the organic matrix, wherein the scintillating particles are in contact with a charge generation material (CGM). | 02-07-2013 |
20130043397 | SCINTILLATOR PANEL, AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE SENSOR - A scintillator panel | 02-21-2013 |
20130075617 | Scintillator Crystal Materials, Scintillators And Subterranean Detectors - Methods for pre-treating packaging materials of particular composition for use in conjunction with a scintillation crystal are disclosed. The packaging materials may comprise a reflecting material, an elastomer, a reflecting fluorocarbon polymer, a polymer or elastomer loaded with a reflecting inorganic powder (including a reflecting inorganic powder comprising a high reflectance material selected from the group comprising Al | 03-28-2013 |
20130105696 | HERMETICALLY SEALED RADIATION DETECTOR AND METHODS FOR MAKING | 05-02-2013 |
20130105697 | LIGHT EMITTING CERAMIC, LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT, SCINTILLATOR, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIGHT EMITTING CERAMIC | 05-02-2013 |
20130112881 | DEVICE FOR IMAGING THE INNER SURFACE OF A CAVITY IN A WORKPIECE - A device for imaging an inner surface of a cavity in a workpiece includes optics with a panoramic view, and has an image transmission connection with an image sensor and a downstream evaluation device. The device also has an illumination system with a light source for illuminating an imaging region of the inner surface imaged by the optics. Further, at least one light-emitting and/or light-deflecting component of the illumination system is provided on a lens, such as in particular a front lens, of the optics. | 05-09-2013 |
20130112882 | RADIATION DETECTOR - Provided is a radiation detector | 05-09-2013 |
20130146774 | STAND-ALONE PHOTOSENSOR ASSEMBLY - A stand-alone photosensor assembly has a housing with an axis, a first axial end and a second axial end opposite the first axial end. An adapter may be threadingly coupled to the first axial end of the housing. The adapter may be adapted to mount the housing to a scintillator. A photosensor element may be located inside the housing and adapted to be optically coupled to the scintillator. A sub-housing may be located inside the housing, at least a portion of which is located radially between the housing and the photosensor element. A scintillator assembly may include a scintillator and the photosensor assembly. A machine, such as a radiation detector, may include the scintillator and the photosensor assembly coupled to the scintillator. The machine also may include an output device to generate output in response to the photosensor assembly, and a user interface coupled to the output device. | 06-13-2013 |
20130161518 | IMAGE STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING STORAGE PHOSPHOR POWDER, METHOD OF FORMING IMAGE STORAGE DEVICE, AND COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY APPARATUS - An image storage device includes a substrate including a plurality of voids and a septum disposed between the voids, and cells including a storage phosphor powder within the voids. In an embodiment, a computed radiography apparatus includes an image storage device, a stimulating radiation device to generate stimulating radiation, and a photosensor to detect light. In another embodiment, a method of forming an image storage device includes providing a patterned substrate that includes a plurality of voids and a septum disposed between the voids, adding a storage phosphor powder into the voids of the patterned substrate to form cells, and applying a topcoat layer that is substantially free of the storage phosphor powder. | 06-27-2013 |
20130161519 | COLQUIRIITE-TYPE CRYSTAL, SCINTILLATOR FOR NEUTRON DETECTION AND NEUTRON DETECTOR - [Problems to be Solved] A colquiriite-type crystal preferred for a scintillator for neutron detection, which has high sensitivity to neutron and which is reduced in background noise attributed to γ rays; a scintillator for neutron detection which comprises this crystal; and a neutron detector are provided. | 06-27-2013 |
20130168555 | X-RAY DETECTION PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An X-ray detection panel includes a substrate, a sensor device formed over the substrate, a scintillating layer formed over the sensor device, an adhesion layer formed around the scintillating layer, and a protective film formed over the scintillating layer and the adhesion layer. The X-ray detection panel further includes a side sealing structure formed over a side surface of the adhesion layer, over a side surface of the protective film and over the substrate. | 07-04-2013 |
20130193329 | LITHIUM BASED SCINTILLATORS FOR NEUTRON DETECTION - A neutron scintillator composite (NSC) is made of a neutron scintillator and a binder. The neutron scintillator of the composite has the formula Li | 08-01-2013 |
20130200265 | SCINTILLATION DETECTION DEVICE WITH AN ENCAPSULATED SCINTILLATOR - A scintillation device is disclosed and can include a scintillator and a pliable encapsulating barrier completely surrounding the scintillator. The scintillation device can be used within a detector device. The detector device can include a housing and a photosensor within the housing. The scintillation device can be within the housing adjacent to the photosensor. | 08-08-2013 |
20130221225 | COATINGS FOR DIGITAL DETECTORS - Described is a scintillator screen that includes a supporting layer having a phosphor dispersed in a polymeric binder disposed on the supporting layer and a barrier layer disposed on the polymeric binder. The barrier layer includes a non-moisture absorbing polymer selected from the group consisting of polyethylene terephthalate, cellulose diacetate, ethylene vinyl acetate and polyvinyl butyraldehyde. The barrier layer has a thickness of less than 1 micron. An antistatic layer is disposed on the barrier layer. The antistatic layer includes poly(3,4-ethylenedixythiophene)-poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT/PSS) dispersed in a polymer selected from the group consisting of a polyester and a polyurethane. The antistatic layer has a transparency of greater than 95 percent at a wavelength of from about 400 nm to 600 nm. | 08-29-2013 |
20130264482 | SCINTILLATOR FOR NEUTRONS AND NEUTRON DETECTOR - Provided is a scintillator for neutrons that allows the detection of neutrons with superb sensitivity and that is little affected by background noise derived from γ-rays, and a neutron detector that uses the neutron scintillator. | 10-10-2013 |
20130284933 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The device includes: a scintillator | 10-31-2013 |
20130284934 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE CONVERSION PANEL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS - A radiological image conversion panel | 10-31-2013 |
20130284935 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The X-ray image detection apparatus | 10-31-2013 |
20130292572 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE CONVERSION PANEL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS - A radiological image conversion panel | 11-07-2013 |
20130292573 | PHOTODIODE AND OTHER SENSOR STRUCTURES IN FLAT-PANEL X-RAY IMAGERS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING TOPOLOGICAL UNIFORMITY OF THE PHOTODIODE AND OTHER SENSOR STRUCTURES IN FLAT-PANEL X-RAY IMAGERS BASED ON THIN-FILM ELECTRONICS - A radiation sensor including a scintillation layer configured to emit photons upon interaction with ionizing radiation and a photodetector including in order a first electrode, a photosensitive layer, and a photon-transmissive second electrode disposed in proximity to the scintillation layer. The photosensitive layer is configured to generate electron-hole pairs upon interaction with a part of the photons. The radiation sensor includes pixel circuitry electrically connected to the first electrode and configured to measure an imaging signal indicative of the electron-hole pairs generated in the photosensitive layer and a planarization layer disposed on the pixel circuitry between the first electrode and the pixel circuitry such that the first electrode is above a plane including the pixel circuitry. A surface of at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode at least partially overlaps the pixel circuitry and has a surface inflection above features of the pixel circuitry. The surface inflection has a radius of curvature greater than one half micron. | 11-07-2013 |
20130299702 | SYSTEM AND PLASTIC SCINTILLATOR FOR DISCRIMINATION OF THERMAL NEUTRON, FAST NEUTRON, AND GAMMA RADIATION - A scintillator material according to one embodiment includes a polymer matrix; a primary dye in the polymer matrix, the primary dye being a fluorescent dye, the primary dye being present in an amount of 3 wt % or more; and at least one component in the polymer matrix, the component being selected from a group consisting of B, Li, Gd, a B-containing compound, a Li-containing compound and a Gd-containing compound, wherein the scintillator material exhibits an optical response signature for thermal neutrons that is different than an optical response signature for fast neutrons and gamma rays. A system according to one embodiment includes a scintillator material as disclosed herein and a photodetector for detecting the response of the material to fast neutron, thermal neutron and gamma ray irradiation. | 11-14-2013 |
20130299703 | PHOTOMULTIPLIER AND DETECTION SYSTEMS - The invention provides a switchable photomultiplier switchable between a detecting state and a non-detecting state including a cathode upon which incident radiation is arranged to impinge. The photomultiplier also includes a series of dynodes arranged to amplify a current created at the cathode upon detection of photoradiation. The invention also provides a detection system arranged to detect radiation-emitting material in an object. The system includes a detector switchable between a detecting state in which the detector is arranged to detect radiation and a non-detecting state in which the detector is arranged to not detect radiation. The system further includes a controller arranged to control switching of the detector between the states such that the detector is switched to the non-detecting state whilst an external radiation source is irradiating the object. | 11-14-2013 |
20130306873 | RADIATION DETECTING PANEL - A radiation detecting panel is provided. This panel includes a substrate including a pixel region and a pad region, a scintillating layer configured to convert radiation into visible rays, a photoelectric device configured to convert the visible rays into currents in each pixel, a switching device configured to control output of the currents in each pixel; a plurality of bias lines configured to apply a bias voltage to the scintillating layer and the photoelectric device, a data line configured to be coupled to the switching device to transfer the currents, and a common bias line configured to transfer the bias voltage to the bias lines, wherein the common bias line and the bias lines are located on different layers. The data line and the bias lines are located on the same layer. | 11-21-2013 |
20130306874 | GARNET-TYPE CRYSTAL FOR SCINTILLATOR AND RADIATION DETECTOR USING THE SAME - The garnet-type crystal for a scintillator of the present invention is represented by General Formula (1), (2), or (3), | 11-21-2013 |
20130320217 | NEUTRON DETECTION DEVICE - The present invention is a neutron detection device comprising a neutron detection scintillator composed of a colquiriite-type fluoride single crystal, and a silicon photodiode, characterized in that the single crystal contains only Eu as a lanthanoid and contains 0.80 atom/nm | 12-05-2013 |
20130327945 | COMPOUND, SCINTILLATOR, AND RADIATION DETECTOR - There is provided a compound represented by the general formula Cs | 12-12-2013 |
20130327946 | Scintillator for Neutron Detection, and Neutron Radiation Detector - A novel scintillator for neutron detection is capable of increasing the probability of inducing a nuclear reaction using epithermal neutrons having higher energy than thermal neutrons as a result of increasing thickness in the direction of incidence of neutron radiation. A scintillator for neutron detection includes a colquiriite-type fluoride single crystal containing europium, containing 0.0025 mol % or more and less than 0.05 mol % europium, containing 0.80 atom/nm | 12-12-2013 |
20130341511 | CsLiLn HALIDE SCINTILLATOR - Li-containing scintillator compositions, as well as related structures and methods are described. Radiation detection systems and methods are described which include a Cs | 12-26-2013 |
20130341512 | POROUS SCINTILLATOR CRYSTAL - A porous scintillator crystal capable of suppressing scattering of light that represents a high spatial resolution is provided. The porous scintillator crystal comprises a porous structure including voids, wherein the porous structure is a phase-separated structure having voids formed therein and comprises materials constituting a eutectic composition of the phase-separated structure and at least one void in the porous structure extend in a direction perpendicular to a principal plane of the porous scintillator crystal. | 12-26-2013 |
20130341513 | SYNTHESIS OF ADVANCED SCINTILLATORS VIA VAPOR DEPOSITION TECHNIQUES - Transparent optical ceramic coating materials have been fabricated from europium-doped lutetium oxide (Lu | 12-26-2013 |
20140027646 | PLASTIC SCINTILLATOR WITH EFFECTIVE PULSE SHAPE DISCRIMINATION FOR NEUTRON AND GAMMA DETECTION - In one embodiment, a scintillator material includes a polymer matrix; and a primary dye in the polymer matrix, the primary dye being a fluorescent dye, the primary dye being present in an amount of 5 wt % or more; wherein the scintillator material exhibits an optical response signature for neutrons that is different than an optical response signature for gamma rays. In another embodiment, a scintillator material includes a polymer matrix; and a primary dye in the polymer matrix, the primary dye being a fluorescent dye, the primary dye being present in an amount greater than 10 wt %. | 01-30-2014 |
20140061481 | SCINTILLATOR PLATE AND RADIATION DETECTION PANEL - Problem: The object of the present invention is to provide a scintillator plate and a radiation detection panel demonstrating excellent light emission luminance while being limited to a thickness which maintains the sharpness required for image quality. | 03-06-2014 |
20140084167 | SCINTILLATOR AND RADIATION DETECTOR - Provided is a scintillator having a function of waveguiding scintillation light to a photodetector and having a structure for increasing an amount of absorption of radiation. The scintillator has a first surface and a second surface which are not located on a same surface, and includes: a first phase; and a second phase having a refractive index higher than that of the first phase and having a linear attenuation coefficient different from that of the first phase, in which one of the first phase and the second phase includes multiple columnar portions arranged in a direction from the first surface to the second surface, and the multiple columnar portions are stacked in a state in which end faces of the columnar portions are partly offset with respect to each other in a direction parallel to the first surface or the second surface. | 03-27-2014 |
20140091222 | Neutron Detection Apparatus Including A Gadolinium Yttrium Gallium Aluminum Garnet And Methods To Use Same - A neutron detection apparatus can include a scintillator having a formula of Gd | 04-03-2014 |
20140097345 | SCINTILLATION DETECTOR ASSEMBLY - A scintillation detector assembly sealed via a compression fit without the use of epoxy or other sealant is disclosed. The assembly includes a scintillator composition and a photomultiplier tube optically coupled to the scintillator. A hermetically sealed scintillator container assembly in accordance with the present disclosure includes a cup shaped container sized to receive and hold a scintillator composition. This container has an open end. A metal rim compressively forms a mechanical hermetic seal around a glass window placed over the open end to preclude moisture intrusion into the container and thus prevent exposure of the scintillator crystalline material to degrading moisture. The metal rim is in turn welded to the container. | 04-10-2014 |
20140103216 | RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS AND RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEM - The present invention provides a radiation detection apparatus including a first substrate member, a second substrate member, and a sealing portion configured to bond an edge portion of the first substrate member to an edge portion of the substrate member, one of the first substrate member and the second substrate member being a sensor panel including photoelectric conversion elements and the other being a scintillator panel including a scintillator layer, and the sealing portion including a first sealing resin having a first elastic modulus, a second sealing resin having a second elastic modulus lower than the first elastic modulus, a stress reduction portion configured to reduce a stress that acts on the first sealing resin and the second sealing resin and having a third elastic modulus lower than the second elastic modulus. | 04-17-2014 |
20140110586 | IMAGING DETECTOR AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN IMAGE DETECTOR - An image detector is disclosed, in particular for X-ray radiation. In an embodiment, the image detector includes a regular arrangement of image pixels including a plurality of detector pixels, wherein at least two of the detector pixels of an image pixel differ with regard to their sensitivity. | 04-24-2014 |
20140110587 | SCINTILLATOR HAVING A PHASE SEPARATION STRUCTURE AND RADIATION DETECTOR USING THE SAME - Provided is a scintillator used for radiation detection in an X-ray CT scanner or the like, the scintillator having a unidirectional phase separation structure having an optical waveguide function, which eliminates the need of formation of banks for preventing crosstalk. The scintillator has a waveguide function instead of the banks or the like. The scintillator includes: a first crystal phase including multiple columnar crystals having unidirectionality; and a second crystal phase for covering a side of the first crystal phase. The first crystal phase includes a perovskite type oxide material including at least one element selected from the group consisting of Lu and Gd, and a rare earth element as an emission center. The first crystal phase emits light by radiation excitation. | 04-24-2014 |
20140117242 | SCINTILLATION CRYSTAL INCLUDING A RARE EARTH HALIDE, AND A RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SCINTILLATION CRYSTAL - A scintillation crystal can include Ln | 05-01-2014 |
20140124674 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE CONVERSION PANEL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS - A radiological image conversion panel | 05-08-2014 |
20140175290 | RADIATION DETECTOR - A detector probe for detecting ionising radiation includes at least one detector ( | 06-26-2014 |
20140197319 | X-RAY LINE DETECTOR AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - An X-ray line detector includes a housing and a predefined number of carrier modules having the same width disposed in the housing. A one-piece printed circuit board, on which a photodiode is arranged, is attached to each carrier module. Each printed circuit board is wider than an active area of pixels constituting the photodiode and ascintillator element is attached to each photodiode. Each scintillator element has a length that exactly covers the active area in the width thereof plus an interspace between two adjacent pixels of a photodiode. The width of each carrier module is at most twice as great as the length of a scintillator element. The carrier modules are arranged in two rows in the housing such that the photodiodes of each row are opposite each other, the scintillator elements abut against each other upon contact, and mutually contacting scintillator elements are arranged in respectively opposite rows. | 07-17-2014 |
20140239183 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device which is highly stable to irradiation with radiations such as X-rays and can inhibit a decrease in electrical characteristics is provided. The imaging device obtains an image using radiations such as X-rays and includes pixel circuits which are arranged in a matrix and which a scintillator overlaps. Each of the pixel circuits includes a switching transistor whose off-state current is extremely low and a light-receiving element. A shielding layer formed using a metal material and the like overlaps the transistor and the light-receiving element. With the structure, an imaging device which is highly stable to irradiation with radiations such as X-rays and can inhibit a decrease in electrical characteristics can be provided. | 08-28-2014 |
20140246593 | Device For Reading Out Exposed Imaging Plates - A combined device for reading out and erasing imaging plages comprises an eraser disposed down-stream of a readout unit at a short distance thereof, said eraser being separated from the readout unit by a light barrier. | 09-04-2014 |
20140291528 | RADIATION SENSING THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE PANELS - A storage phosphor panel can include an extruded inorganic storage phosphor layer including a thermoplastic polyolefin and an inorganic storage phosphor material, where the extruded inorganic storage phosphor panel has a DQE comparable to that of a traditional extruded inorganic solvent coated inorganic storage phosphor screen. Also disclosed is an inorganic storage phosphor detection system including an extruded inorganic storage phosphor panel that can include an extruded inorganic storage phosphor layer including a thermoplastic olefin and an inorganic storage phosphor material; and photodetector(s) coupled to the extruded inorganic storage phosphor panel to detect photons generated from the extruded inorganic storage phosphor panel. Further disclosed is a method of making an extruded inorganic storage phosphor panel that can include providing thermoplastic particles including at least one thermoplastic polyolefin and an inorganic storage phosphor material; and melt extruding the thermoplastic particles to form an extruded inorganic storage phosphor layer. | 10-02-2014 |
20140353508 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE CONVERSION PANEL AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE DETECTOR - An object of the invention is to provide radiographic image conversion panels which realize high levels of brightness and sharpness when used as scintillator panels and which also ensure sufficient strength resisting pressure applied in the film thickness direction. A radiographic image conversion panel of the invention includes a support and a scintillator layer disposed on the support. The scintillator layer includes a plurality of columnar crystals containing a phosphor. The plurality of columnar crystals have root portions, and the root portions are spaced apart from one another. | 12-04-2014 |
20140353509 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE DETECTION DEVICE - Disclosed is a radiographic image detection device which prevents electrostatic charging without causing absorption loss of radiation. The radiographic image detection device has a solid-state detector | 12-04-2014 |
20140374606 | Detector Arrangement for the Detection of Ionizing Radiation and Method for Operating Such a Detector Arrangement - A detector arrangement ( | 12-25-2014 |
20150014544 | Integrated Coupling Of Scintillation Crystal With Photomultiplier In A Detector Apparatus - A scintillator type radiation detector package is provided including a scintillation crystal directly coupled to the window of a photomultiplier. A scintillator package is also provided having a longer life at wellbore temperature with minimal deterioration of a hygroscopic scintillation crystal(s). Direct optical coupling of the scintillator to the photomultiplier reduces the amount of light lost at coupling interfaces and improved detection resolution over the conventional structures having separate packages for crystal and photomultiplier. | 01-15-2015 |
20150021484 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE DETECTOR - The invention provides radiographic image detectors in which a scintillator layer itself exhibits improved flexibility and is prevented from crystal breakage while the scintillator layer and a photoelectric conversion element are bonded to each other via uniform thickness without forming defects. | 01-22-2015 |
20150021485 | SOLID SCINTILLATOR, RADIATION DETECTOR, AND RADIATION EXAMINATION DEVICE - A solid scintillator in an embodiment includes a polycrystal body of an oxide having a garnet structure. In the solid scintillator, a linear transmittance at a wavelength of 680 nm is 10% or more. The oxide constituting the solid scintillator has a composition represented by, for Example, General formula: (Gd | 01-22-2015 |
20150028217 | LITHIUM-CONTAINING SCINTILLATORS FOR THERMAL NEUTRON, FAST NEUTRON, AND GAMMA DETECTION - In one embodiment, a scintillator includes a scintillator material; a primary fluor, and a Li-containing compound, where the Li-containing compound is soluble in the primary fluor, and where the scintillator exhibits an optical response signature for thermal neutrons that is different than an optical response signature for fast neutrons and gamma rays. | 01-29-2015 |
20150060675 | IMAGING DEVICE - To provide an imaging device that is highly stable when exposed to radiation such as X-rays. The imaging device includes a substrate, a pixel circuit, and a scintillator which are stacked in order. The pixel circuit includes a light-receiving element and a circuit portion electrically connected to the light-receiving element. The substrate is provided with a heater. A transistor in the pixel circuit is heated by the passage of a current through the heater at times other than imaging, thus, degradation of the electrical characteristics of the transistor due to X-ray irradiation can be recovered. | 03-05-2015 |
20150090886 | SCINTILLATOR CRYSTAL AND RADIATION DETECTOR - A scintillator crystal includes a plurality of first crystal phases and a second crystal phase located around the plurality of the first crystal phases, in which each of the plurality of the first crystal phases contains a sulfate, the second crystal phase contains an alkali halide that emits light by irradiation with radiation, and the refractive index of each of the first crystal phases is lower than the refractive index of the second crystal phase. | 04-02-2015 |
20150115161 | Imaging Apparatus, An Aperture For The Imaging Apparatus And A Method For Manufacturing An Aperture Of An Imaging Apparatus - The invention is an imaging apparatus comprising a detector device ( | 04-30-2015 |
20150129771 | METHOD FOR PREPARING BISMUTH IODIDE ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RADIATION DETECTING ELEMENT - A method for preparing a bismuth iodide article includes heat-treating bismuth iodide at a temperature less than the melting point of bismuth iodide in an atmosphere containing iodine. | 05-14-2015 |
20150293235 | FAST, HIGH-RATE, POSITION-SENSITIVE ABSOLUTE DOSIMETER FOR ION BEAM THERAPY - A gas scintillation detector is designed to provide in-beam absolute dose monitoring for ion beam radiotherapy treatments employing spot or raster beam scanning, especially with microsecond-scale beam pulses. Detection of prompt primary scintillation light emitted by gas molecules excited by beam passage provides electronic signals that can be processed to yield output data proportional to delivered dose up to high dose rates, and that appear quickly enough to provide feedback to influence real-time beam intensity adjustments for subsequent steps in the beam scan. When the scintillation light is collected in multiple photo-detectors, the invention is furthermore capable of measuring spot beam position with spatial resolutions of order one millimeter. | 10-15-2015 |
20150301198 | DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY DETECTOR - Described is a scintillator screen including a plurality of filaments. Each of the plurality of filaments includes scintillating particles dispersed within a thermoplastic polymer. The thermoplastic polymer includes an elastic additive. The scintillating particles are from about 10 volume percent to about 60 volume percent of each of the plurality of filaments. Each of the plurality of filaments has a refractive index of greater than or equal to 1.5. The plurality of filaments are substantially parallel to each other and are at a volume packing of from about 60 percent to about 90 percent. | 10-22-2015 |
20150346358 | RADIATION IMAGE DETECTING DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides a radiation image detecting device which suppresses occurrence of image irregularities and reduction of sharpness by joining a planar light-receiving device and a scintillator panel so that the distance between the planar light-receiving device and the scintillator panel via an adhesive layer is uniform in plane. The present invention also provides a process for producing the radiation image detecting device. The radiation image detecting device includes, in order, a scintillator panel including a support and a scintillator layer on the support, the scintillator layer having a film-thickness distribution; an adhesive layer; and a planar light-receiving device. In the radiation image detecting device, at least one of the support and the planar light-receiving device bends, so that the scintillator panel and the planar light-receiving device are arranged in plane via the adhesive layer at uniform distance. | 12-03-2015 |
20150346360 | CRYSTAL MATERIAL, RADIATION DETECTOR, IMAGING APPARATUS, NONDESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION APPARATUS, AND LIGHTING APPARATUS - A crystal material represented by a general formula (1): (Gd | 12-03-2015 |
20150362600 | Scintillation Detection Device with Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Interfaces - A scintillator device includes an optically clear substrate, a scintillator plastic layer overlying the optically clear substrate, and an optically clear polymer layer between the optically clear substrate and the scintillator plastic layer. The optically clear polymer layer can mechanically and optically couple the scintillator plastic layer to the optically clear substrate. Further, the clear polymer layer can be configured to substantially reduce the formation of cracks in the scintillator plastic layer due to thermal expansion, thermal contraction, or a combination thereof, of the scintillator device. | 12-17-2015 |
20150369931 | RADIATION DETECTING APPARATUS - A radiation detecting apparatus includes a radiation detector including a scintillator for converting radiation that has passed through a subject into visible light, and a substantially rectangular shaped photoelectric transducer board for converting the visible light into radiographic image information, and a casing housing the radiation detector therein. The casing is of a substantially rectangular shape and includes an upper plate, a lower plate, and a frame interconnecting the upper plate and the lower plate. The frame has a recess defined therein, which faces and is spaced from a corner of the photoelectric transducer board, the recess being concave in a direction away from the corner. | 12-24-2015 |
20150378031 | VISIBLE SCINTILLATION PHOTODETECTOR DEVICE INCORPORATING CHALCOPYRITE SEMICONDUCTOR CRYSTALS - A photodetector device, including: a scintillator material operable for receiving incident radiation and emitting photons in response; a photodetector material coupled to the scintillator material operable for receiving the photons emitted by the scintillator material and generating a current in response, wherein the photodetector material includes a chalcopyrite semiconductor crystal; and a circuit coupled to the photodetector material operable for characterizing the incident radiation based on the current generated by the photodetector material. Optionally, the scintillator material includes a gamma scintillator material and the incident radiation received includes gamma rays. Optionally, the photodetector material is further operable for receiving thermal neutrons and generating a current in response. The circuit is further operable for characterizing the thermal neutrons based on the current generated by the photodetector material. | 12-31-2015 |
20160002529 | SCINTILLATION COMPOUND INCLUDING A RARE EARTH ELEMENT AND A PROCESS OF FORMING THE SAME - A scintillation compound can include a rare earth element that is in a divalent (RE | 01-07-2016 |
20160018535 | RADIATION DETECTOR - The present invention relates to a radiation detector including a scintillator configured to emit light based on absorption of radiation, and a light detection unit configured to detect the light emitted from the scintillator. The light detection unit includes a top electrode, a plurality of n-type doped layers, a first intrinsic layer, a p-type doped layer, and a lower electrode. | 01-21-2016 |
20160041270 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME THREE DIMENSIONAL DOSIMETRY - A system for determining a radiation dose in real time can include at least one three-dimensional target object to be exposed to ionizing radiation. The at least one target object may include a scintillating gel material. The scintillating gel material may emit light when exposed to the ionizing radiation. An imaging system may be configured to capture at least a first image of the target object from a first position, and a second image of the target object from a second position relative to the target object. A controller may be connected to the imaging system and may be configured to the process the first and second images to provide a three-dimensional dose distribution in real-time. | 02-11-2016 |
20160041272 | RADIOGRAPH DETECTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A radiograph detector includes: a fluorescent layer, a bonding layer, and a light detector disposed in this order, wherein the fluorescent layer includes fluorescent particles, first binder resin, and second binder resin, and the second binder resin contains a binder polymer identical to a bonding layer forming polymer contained in the bonding layer. | 02-11-2016 |
20160068748 | EU-DOPED SRI2 SINGLE CRYSTAL, RADIATION DETECTOR, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING EU-DOPED SRI2 SINGLE CRYSTAL - An Eu-doped SrI | 03-10-2016 |
20160070005 | PHOTON-COUNTING X-RAY CT APPARATUS AND PHOTON-COUNTING X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - A photon-counting X-ray computed tomography (CT) apparatus of an embodiment includes photon-counting CT detection circuitry, integral CT detection circuitry, switching circuitry, and a feedback capacitance. Photon-counting CT detection circuitry outputs count values for respective energy bins, based on voltage pulses output from a feedback capacitance with electric charges output from an X-ray detection element configured to detect incident X-rays. Integral CT detection circuitry outputs an integral value, based on the voltage pulses output from the feedback capacitance with the electric charges output from the X-ray detection element. Switching circuitry switches between a case of transmitting the electric charges output from the X-ray detection element to the photon-counting CT detection circuitry and a case of transmitting the electric charges output from the X-ray detection element to the integral CT detection circuitry. The feedback capacitance is connected with the photon-counting CT detection circuitry and the integral CT detection circuitry in parallel. | 03-10-2016 |
20160091616 | RADIATION DETECTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to the embodiment, a radiation detector includes an array substrate including a photoelectric conversion element, a scintillator layer formed on the photoelectric conversion element and converting radiation to fluorescence, and a moisture-proof layer including a surface-smoothing layer which is a continuous film formed to cover the scintillator layer and including at least an organic resin material as a main component and a moisture-proof layer which is a continuous film formed on a surface of the smoothed layer by direct film formation and consisting from inorganic material. | 03-31-2016 |
20160102247 | PLASTIC SCINTILLATORS WITH HIGH LOADING OF ONE OR MORE METAL CARBOXYLATES - According to one embodiment, a method includes incorporating a metal carboxylate complex into a polymeric matrix to form an optically transparent material. According to another embodiment, a material includes at least one metal carboxylate complex incorporated into a polymeric matrix, where the material is optically transparent. | 04-14-2016 |
20160109585 | Radiation Survey Process - A method for determining a radionuclide concentration of a material is provided. The method comprises placing the material to be analyzed into a vessel, wherein the material comprises a radionuclide, wherein the material has a known volume, and wherein the vessel has a fixed geometry. The method further comprises weighing the material to be analyzed and measuring the moisture content of the material to be analyzed. The method additionally comprises placing a protective structure in the material and placing a detector in the protective structure, wherein the detector is coupled to a single-channel analyzer. The method also comprises counting the emitted radiation having a known energy over an interval of time to produce a count per time, wherein the emitted radiation is emitted from the radionuclide and then dividing the count per time by the weight of the material to produce a count per time per weight. | 04-21-2016 |
20160109586 | RADIATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE - In a radiation measurement device in which respective wave height values of voltage pulses from a radiation detector are made to correspond to radiation energy values and a count that is the number of the voltage pulses is separately generated for each of a plurality of channels corresponding to the wave height values so that a wave height spectrum is generated and a dose of a radiation that has entered the radiation detector is calculated based on the wave height spectrum, based on a count in at least one channel, out of the plurality of channels, that includes a lower limit within a measurement range for the radiation energy value, a dose is corrected by calculating a portion thereof neglected as what is the same as or smaller than a measurement limit, so that a dose of a radiation that has entered the radiation detector is calculated. | 04-21-2016 |
20160116607 | RADIATION DETECTOR, SCINTILLATOR PANEL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to the embodiment, a radiation detector includes a photoelectric conversion substrate converting light to an electrical signal and a scintillator layer being in contact with the photoelectric conversion substrate and converting externally incident radiation to light. The scintillator layer is made of a phosphor containing Tl as an activator in CsI, which is a halide. A concentration of the activator in the phosphor is 1.6 mass %±0.4 mass %, and a concentration distribution of the activator in an in-plane direction and a film thickness direction is within ±15%. | 04-28-2016 |
20160124095 | SCINTILLATOR PANEL AND RADIATION DETECTOR - A scintillator panel includes a scintillator layer that includes a phosphor including columnar crystals in which an X-ray rocking curve of a specific plane index measured by applying an X-ray to a columnar crystal growth ending surface after cutting to have a thickness of 5 μm from a columnar crystal growth starting surface has a half-width (a) of equal to or less than 15 degrees, an X-ray rocking curve of the specific plane index measured by applying an X-ray to the columnar crystal growth ending surface without cutting has a half-width (b) of equal to or less than 15 degrees, and a ratio (a/b) is within a range of from 0.5 to 2.0. The scintillator panel can provide radiation images having higher sharpness. | 05-05-2016 |
20160128651 | RADIATION DETECTION MODULE AND RADIATION DETECTION UNIT - A radiation detection module for a CT device that detects radiation includes a detecting section configured to detect radiation, a processing section configured to process a signal from the detecting section, and a heat radiating member thermally coupled to the processing section and configured to dissipate heat generated by the processing section. The heat radiating member has a plurality of fins. The plurality of fins is spaced apart from each other in a first direction along a slice direction of the CT device. Each of the plurality of fins has a plate shape extending so as to intersect the first direction. | 05-12-2016 |
20160131770 | DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY DETECTOR - Described is a scintillator screen including a plurality of filaments. Each of the plurality of filaments includes scintillating particles dispersed within a thermoplastic polymer. The thermoplastic polymer includes an elastic additive. The scintillating particles are from about 10 volume percent to about 60 volume percent of each of the plurality of filaments. Each of the plurality of filaments has a refractive index of greater than or equal to 1.5. The plurality of filaments are substantially parallel to each other and are at a volume packing of from about 60 percent to about 90 percent. | 05-12-2016 |
20160154120 | Scintillation Detector and Method for Forming a Structured Scintillator | 06-02-2016 |
20160154123 | SCINTILLATOR CRYSTAL AND RADIATION DETECTOR USING THE SAME | 06-02-2016 |
20160154124 | DETECTOR UNIT FOR DETECTOR ARRAY OF RADIATION IMAGING MODALITY | 06-02-2016 |
20160172414 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND RADIATION INSPECTION APPARATUS | 06-16-2016 |
20160252631 | SCINTILLATION CRYSTAL INCLUDING A CO-DOPED RARE EARTH SILICATE, A RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SCINTILLATION CRYSTAL, AND A PROCESS OF FORMING THE SAME | 09-01-2016 |
20170234994 | SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTODETECTION DEVICE, RADIATION COUNTING DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTODETECTION DEVICE | 08-17-2017 |
20170234995 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR, MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND RADIATION IMAGING DEVICE | 08-17-2017 |
20180024255 | APPARATUS FOR USE IN A DIRECTIONAL-NEUTRON DETECTOR, DIRECTIONAL-NEUTRON DETECTORS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | 01-25-2018 |
20080308734 | RADIATION IMAGE CONVERSION PANEL, SCINTILLATOR PANEL, AND RADIATION IMAGE SENSOR - The radiation image conversion panel in accordance with the present invention has an aluminum substrate; an alumite layer formed on a surface of the aluminum substrate; a chromium layer covering the alumite layer; a metal film, provided on the chromium layer, having a radiation transparency and a light reflectivity; an oxide layer covering the metal film and having a radiation transparency and a light transparency; a protective film covering the oxide layer and having a radiation transparency and a light transparency; and a converting part provided on the protective film and adapted to convert a radiation image. | 12-18-2008 |
20100320389 | RADIATION DETECTOR AND TOMOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A radiation detector according to this invention has a first reflector frame and a second reflector frame. Each of scintillation counter crystals is inserted in a direction through the first reflector frame and the second reflector frame, whereby two or more scintillation counter crystals are arranged in a first direction and a second direction to form a scintillation counter crystal layer. A position of the first reflector frame provided in the scintillation counter crystal layer differs from a position of the second reflector frame provided in the scintillation counter crystal layer. With such construction, the radiation detector may be provided of significantly suppressed manufacturing costs without reducing spatial resolution and detecting sensitivity. | 12-23-2010 |
20150041661 | RADIATION DETECTOR SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND RADIATION DETECTOR PROVIDED THEREWITH - Disclosed is a radiation detector signal processor that allows accurate identification of a variation in fluorescence detection intensity. With a construction of the disclosure, the variation is obtainable in accordance with detection data (a peak value) of fluorescence and a specified number of light spread indicating how the fluorescence generated in a scintillator spreads spatially until reaching each of detecting elements. Such a construction allows accurate obtainment of the variation in the radiation detector in which the fluorescence is detected with a plurality of light detecting elements while spreading. A radiation detector is adjusted in accordance with the variation, achieving more accurate positional identification by the radiation detector. | 02-12-2015 |
20160054224 | Mass Spectrometer Detector Using Optically Active Membrane - A detector suitable for mass spectroscopy uses a thin membrane that converts the kinetic energy of impinging molecules into corresponding photons, the latter detected with a suitable photosensor. The arrival of molecules at the membrane is detected by detection of the corresponding photons. | 02-25-2016 |
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20080210874 | Doped cadmium tungstate scintillator with improved radiation hardness - This invention provides novel cadmium tungstate scintillator materials that show improved radiation hardness. In particular, it was discovered that doping of cadmium tungstate (CdWO | 09-04-2008 |
20080224048 | Radiation Converter and Method for Production Thereof - A radiation converter has a luminophore layer formed by needle-shaped crystals applied on a substrate, the crystals being composed of Csl. doped with Tl. The emission spectrum is modified to obtain smaller values by making the Tl content between 200 ppm and 2,000 ppm. | 09-18-2008 |
20080224049 | PLANAR RADIATION DETECTOR USING RADIATION-INDUCED-CHARGE CONVERSION FILM OF AMORPHOUS SELENIUM - In a planar radiation detector having a substrate; a charge-collection electrode; a radiation-induced-charge conversion film formed mainly of amorphous selenium; and an upper electrode which transmits radiation, or in a planar radiation detector having a substrate; a charge-collection electrode; a light-induced-charge conversion film which is formed mainly of amorphous selenium and generates electric charge when the light-induced-charge conversion film is irradiated with visible light which has passed through an upper electrode; the upper electrode which transmits the visible light emitted from a fluorescent layer; and the fluorescent layer formed of a fluorescent material which converts a radiation carrying image information into the visible light, the radiation-induced-charge conversion film or the light-induced-charge conversion film is formed of amorphous selenium or amorphous selenium alloy and has a residual oxygen concentration of 35 ppm or lower. | 09-18-2008 |
20080237470 | Polymeric composite scintillators and method for making same - A scintillation detector comprising nano-scale particles of a scintillation compound embedded in a plastic matrix is provided. The nano-scale particles may be made from metal oxides, metal oxyhalides, metal oxysulfides, or metal halides. Methods are provided for preparing the nano-scale particles. The particles may be coated with organic compounds or polymers prior to incorporation in the plastic matrix. A technique for matching the refractive index of the plastic matrix with the nano-scale particles by incorporating nano-scale particles of titanium dioxide is also provided. The scintillator may be coupled with one or more photodetectors to form a scintillation detection system. The scintillation detection system may be adapted for use in X-ray and radiation imaging devices, such as digital X-ray imaging, mammography, CT, PET, or SPECT, or may be used in radiation security detectors or subterranean radiation detectors. | 10-02-2008 |
20080290280 | Scintillator for an X-Ray Detector with a Variable Reflector - The invention concerns an X-ray detector with a photo-sensitive detector layer ( | 11-27-2008 |
20080296503 | HIGH ENERGY RESOLUTION SCINTILLATORS HAVING HIGH LIGHT OUTPUT - A scintillator composition includes a matrix material, where the matrix material includes an alkaline earth metal and a lanthanide halide. The scintillator composition further includes an activator ion, where the activator ion is a trivalent ion. In one embodiment, the scintillator composition includes a matrix material represented by A | 12-04-2008 |
20080302968 | CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTOR AND DETECTING APPARATUS UTILIZING THE SAME - In a charged particle detector, the vacuum barrier can be reduced in size and a multichannel configuration is possible. A charged particle detector includes a metallic frame having one or more holes formed therein, a light transmitting member fixed in each of the holes of the metallic frame, an inorganic scintillation element fixed on a surface of the light transmitting member, the surface being on a first side of the member; and a photodetector disposed on a surface of the light transmitting member, the surface being on a second side opposing the first side of the member. Charged particles having passed through the inorganic scintillation element are sent via the light transmitting member to the photodetector and are detected by the photodetector. | 12-11-2008 |
20090008561 | LANTHANIDE HALIDE MICROCOLUMNAR SCINTILLATORS - The present invention provides an imaging scintillation radiation detector comprising a doped lanthanide halide microcolumnar scintillator formed on a substrate. The scintillation radiation detectors of the invention typically comprise a substrate. The substrate can be either opaque or optically transparent. In a particular embodiment of the present invention the microcolumnar scintillator is a lanthanide-halide (LaHalide | 01-08-2009 |
20090045344 | Radiation converter, detector module, methods for the production thereof, and a radiation detection device - A radiation converter is disclosed. In order to improve the detection of x-ray radiation or gamma radiation, at least one embodiment of the invention provides that, in the case of the radiation converter with a plurality of converter elements for converting x-ray radiation or gamma radiation to light, in each case one light outlet window is formed on a light outlet side of the converter elements such that, on the light outlet side, the converter elements are covered in part by reflector material in a layered fashion. | 02-19-2009 |
20090050810 | ZnSe scintillators - The present invention relates to a microcolumnar zinc selenide (ZnSe) scintillator and uses thereof, and methods of fabrication of microcolumnar scintillators using sublimation-based deposition techniques. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a scintillator including a microcolumnar scintillator material including zinc selenide (ZnSe) and a dopant. The microcolumnar scintillators of the present invention provide improved light channeling and resolution characteristics, thereby providing high spatial resolution, highly efficient scintillators. | 02-26-2009 |
20090084960 | High Detective Quantum Efficiency X-ray Detectors - An image acquisition apparatus includes a conversion layer for generating electrons in response to electromagnetic radiation photons, and a first semiconducting layer adjacent to the conversion layer for generating electron-hole pairs in response to electrons generated by the conversion layer. | 04-02-2009 |
20090084961 | RADIATION DETECTOR - A radiation detector includes an electrode substrate having plural photoelectric transfer elements which convert visible light into electrical signals, a scintillator layer formed on the electrode substrate and converting radial rays into visible light, and a protective film includes a drying agent film and a moisture-proof film. The drying agent film is formed on at least the scintillator layer. The moisture-proof film is formed on the drying agent film. | 04-02-2009 |
20090090866 | CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION DEVICES - A charged particle detector consists of four independent light guide modules assembled together to form a segmented on-axis annular detector, with a center opening for allowing the primary charged particle beam to pass through. One side of the assembly facing the specimen is coated with or bonded to scintillator material as the charged particle detection surface. Each light guide module is coupled to a photomultiplier tube to allow light signals transmitted through each light guide module to be amplified and processed separately. A charged particle detector is made from a single block of light guide material processed to have a cone shaped circular cutout from one face, terminating on the opposite face to an opening to allow the primary charged particle beam to pass through. The opposite face is coated with or bonded to scintillator material as the charged particle detection surface. The outer region of the light guide block is shaped into four separate light guide output channels and each light guide output channel is coupled to a photomultiplier tube to allow light signal output from each channel to be amplified and processed separately. | 04-09-2009 |
20090095910 | RUGGEDIZED RADIATION DETECTOR - A radiation detector assembly is provided. The radiation detector assembly includes a radiation detector element and a light detection element operationally connected to the radiation detector element. The radiation detector element is seated within a housing. The assembly also includes a plurality of continuous wave formed springs located along the outer periphery of the radiation detector element, radially between the housing and the radiation detector element. | 04-16-2009 |
20090114823 | RADIATION MEASURING DEVICE - A radiation measuring device to determine the intensity and/or the dose of the ionizing radiation during a radiological examination of a patient is provided, with the radiation measuring device ( | 05-07-2009 |
20090121140 | HALIDE-CONTAINING STIMULABLE PHOSPHOR PRECURSOR, HALIDE-CONTAINING STIMULABLE PHOSPHOR, RADIATION IMAGE CONVERSION PANEL AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - This invention relates to a halide-containing stimulable phosphor having improved moisture resistance and luminance, and a process for producing the same. The halide-containing stimulable phosphor is characterized in that, among elements constituting the outermost surface and inside of the phosphor, there is a difference in composition ratio of a halogen element between the outermost surface and the inside of the phosphor. A radiation image conversion panel, which has been improved, for example, in moisture resistance, luminance and image quality by using the phosphor, and a process for producing the same are also provided. | 05-14-2009 |
20090127466 | RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS - A radiation detection apparatus includes a radiation detection panel having a fluorescent film and photoelectric conversion elements, a support board for supporting the radiation detection panel, and a gel member displaced between the radiation detection panel and support board. | 05-21-2009 |
20090134334 | EDGE-ON SAR SCINTILLATOR DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCED SPECT, PET, AND COMPTON GAMMA CAMERAS - The invention provides methods and apparatus for detecting radiation including x-ray, gamma ray, and particle radiation for nuclear medicine, radiopaphic imaging, material composition analysis, high energy physics, container inspection, mine detection and astronomy. The invention provides detection systems employing one or more detector modules ( | 05-28-2009 |
20090140150 | INTEGRATED NEUTRON-GAMMA RADIATION DETECTOR WITH ADAPTIVELY SELECTED GAMMA THRESHOLD - An integrated radiation detector having a pulse-mode operating photosensor optically coupled to a gamma sensing element and a neutron sensing element is disclosed. The detector includes pulse shape and processing electronics package that 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 shape and processing electronics package determines a maximum gamma energy from the spectrum associated with gamma rays detected by the gamma sensing element to adaptively select a gamma threshold for the neutron sensing element. A light pulse attributed to the neutron sensing element is a valid neutron event when the amplitude of the light pulse is above the gamma threshold. | 06-04-2009 |
20090140151 | Photomultiplier Tube and Radiation Detecting Device - A vacuum vessel is configured by hermetically joining a faceplate ( | 06-04-2009 |
20090146065 | SCINTILLATOR MATERIALS BASED ON LANTHANIDE SILICATES OR LANTHANIDE PHOSPHATES, AND RELATED METHODS AND ARTICLES - A scintillator composition is described. The composition includes a matrix material in the form of a host lattice characterized by a 4f5d→4f optical transition under activation. The matrix material is based on certain lithium-lanthanide silicate compounds or alkali-lanthanide phosphate compounds. The composition also includes a praseodymium (Pr) activator for the matrix material. Radiation detectors which include crystal scintillators are also part of the present invention, as are methods for detecting high-energy radiation, using these devices. | 06-11-2009 |
20090166539 | MULTICHANNEL ANALYZER AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME CORRECTION OF PEAK SHIFT - The invention provides a multichannel analyzer for use in a multichannel spectrometer, which comprises a standard spectrum calibrator for obtaining energy calibration parameters of said multichannel spectrometer; an environment background spectrum calibrator for obtaining parameters of a current and a previous environment background spectrum; a peak shift detector for analyzing the parameters of the current and previous environment background spectrum to determine whether a peak shift occurs between them and to determine a correction coefficient of the peak shift; and a parameter corrector for correcting the energy calibration parameters of said multichannel spectrometer using said peak shift correction coefficient. The invention also provides a method for correcting a peak shift of a multichannel spectrometer adapted in the multichannel analyzer. The method for correcting and the multichannel analyzer can correct and monitor the peak shift of the multichannel spectrometer in real time. | 07-02-2009 |
20090184250 | RADIATION DETECTOR, X-RAY CT APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RADIATION DETECTOR - A radiation detector includes: a base plate; and a radiation detection unit provided on one major surface side of the base plate and configured to output an electrical signal proportional to intensity of radiation. The base plate includes a buffer section at a junction with the radiation detection unit, the buffer section being configured to absorb stress generated at the junction due to temperature variation. | 07-23-2009 |
20090189079 | Radiation conversion device - The present invention concerns a radiation conversion device. The radiation conversion device for detecting radiation that has passed through a subject and converting the radiation into image information, is equipped with an information acquisition unit for acquiring condition information concerning a condition of the radiation conversion device, an information storage unit for storing the acquired condition information, and a display unit for displaying the stored condition information. | 07-30-2009 |
20090194700 | Radiation detection apparatus - An electronic cassette has a casing and a radiation detection device accommodated inside the casing, which detects radiation emitted from a radiation source and having passed through a subject, and converts the radiation into radiation image information. The electronic cassette further includes a winding member accommodated rotatably inside of the casing. The radiation detection device includes a flexible base. The radiation detection device is wound on the winding member, and a portion of the radiation detection device is capable of being pulled outside of the casing. | 08-06-2009 |
20090212222 | Radiation conversion device and radiation image capturing system - A radiation conversion device includes a radiation detection device, which detects radiation having passed through a subject, and converts the radiation into radiation image information, and a battery unit for supplying electrical power to at least the radiation detection device. The battery unit is equipped with at least two batteries, and set with a required capacity for capturing at least one radiation image. | 08-27-2009 |
20090212223 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING IMAGE CAPTURING INSTRUCTION INFORMATION, PROGRAM, METHOD FOR SUPPLYING IMAGE CAPTURING INSTRUCTION INFORMATION, AND RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - A radiation image capturing system includes a plurality of image capturing apparatus having different specifications for capturing a radiation image of a subject, a plurality of processors having specifications corresponding to the specifications of the image capturing apparatus, for controlling the image capturing apparatus and processing radiation image information acquired from the image capturing apparatus, and a supply apparatus for supplying image capturing instruction information for the image capturing apparatus to one of the processors, which is selected depending on the specifications of the image capturing apparatus. | 08-27-2009 |
20090218494 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, SORTING APPARATUS FOR SORTING IMAGE CAPTURING INSTRUCTION INFORMATION, PROGRAM AND RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - A radiation image capturing system includes an image capturing apparatus for capturing a radiation image of a subject by irradiating the subject with a radiation emitted from a radiation source, a supply apparatus for supplying image capturing instruction information for capturing a plurality of radiation images of the subject, and a sorting apparatus for sorting the supplied image capturing instruction information into a predetermined processing order. The image capturing apparatus is controlled to capture the radiation images of the subject according to the processing order of the image capturing instruction information which has been sorted by the sorting apparatus. | 09-03-2009 |
20090242773 | Positioning of photodetection events - Improved position estimation for a square photodetector having terminals at its corners is provided by first estimating an event position in a coordinate system aligned with the diagonals of the square, and then performing a coordinate rotation to provide an estimated position in a coordinate system aligned with the sides of the square. These two steps can also be mathematically combined. It is believed that the improved accuracy of this position determination approach is a result of a greater degree of linearity in charge division between terminals along diagonal axes than along orthogonal axes of a square detector. Flood images provided by this method have been compared to flood images provided by the conventional Anger method, and substantially less image distortion is observed with the present method than with the Anger method. This reduced distortion can enable automatic crystal segmentation from raw flood image data, which is particularly beneficial in connection with simplifying positron emission tomography (PET) system calibration. | 10-01-2009 |
20090242774 | RADIATION DETECTOR - A problem of local pin-hole defects generated in avalanche multiplication is avoided. Before an anode and a cathode are assembled as a light receiving element, a position of a pin-hole defect is specified by a vacuum container for specifying a defect position having a previously prepared field emission array for inspection. If the cathode is a field emission array when the anode and cathode are assembled as a light receiving element, the anode and cathode are assembled such that a field emission chip corresponding to the position of the pin-hole defect does not discharge an electron beam to the field emission array serving as an actual detector. | 10-01-2009 |
20090261253 | SCINTILLATION DETECTOR AND METHOD OF MAKING - A method of assembling a detector includes conditioning a rare-earth halide scintillator crystal in a sealed container, wherein the conditioning process includes heating the scintillator crystal, reducing the pressure within the sealed container for an evacuation period while heating, and flowing a purging gas through the sealed container for a flowing duration while heating. The method further includes assembling a detector comprising the scintillator crystal in an assembly environment comprising an inert gas. | 10-22-2009 |
20090261254 | RADIATION IMAGE CONVERTING PANEL - The present invention relates to a radiation image converting panel with a structure capable of arbitrarily controlling the luminance distribution of the panel surface after formation of a protective film according to usage conditions. The radiation image converting panel comprises a support body and a radiation converting film formed on the support body. The radiation converting film is formed on a film forming region which existes within a first main surface of the support body and includes at least a gravity center position of the first main surface. The film thickness of the radiation converting film is adjusted such that the maximum difference can be obtained in either one of a peripheral area and a middle area from a central area including the gravity center position. | 10-22-2009 |
20090261255 | Fluorescent material, a method of manufacturing the fluorescent material, a radiation detector using the fluorescent material, and an X-ray CT scanner - Scintillator with both high fluorescence intensity and weak afterglow, can be offered. | 10-22-2009 |
20090266990 | RADIATION DETECTOR DEVICE - A radiation detector device is disclosed and includes a photosensor and a scintillation device coupled to the photosensor. The scintillation device includes a scintillator crystal enclosed within a casing. The scintillator crystal is optically coupled to a window at an end of the casing. The scintillation device includes a dielectric gas inside at least part of the casing. The dielectric gas is adapted to reduce or prevent static discharge within the scintillation device. | 10-29-2009 |
20090278049 | Method for producing an attenuation map - A method is disclosed for producing an attenuation map for a component of an MR/PET system. In at least one embodiment, the method includes ascertaining attenuation values of the component, producing a basic map from the attenuation values, ascertaining a position of the component relative to an examination volume of the MR/PET system, and producing the attenuation map by correcting the basic map using the ascertained position. This enables the actual position of the components to be taken into account in the attenuation correction. | 11-12-2009 |
20090294676 | COOLING DEVICE AND COOLING METHOD - The present invention provides a cooling device that can cool an electronic device in a short amount of time. When an electronic cassette has been accommodated in a housing device, the cooling device performs heat absorption by spraying an antiseptic liquid from nozzles onto the electronic cassette. | 12-03-2009 |
20090309030 | SCINTILLATION ARTICLE INCLUDING A PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE ARTICLE - A scintillation article including a scintillation detector coupled to a photomultiplier tube (PMT) housing, and a PMT assembly disposed within the PMT housing. The scintillation article further includes a cap assembly selectively coupled to the PMT assembly, wherein upon moving the cap assembly from an assembled position in which the cap assembly is engaged with the housing to an extracted position in which the cap assembly is disengaged and removed from the housing, the cap assembly mechanically engages the PMT assembly and extracts the PMT assembly from the PMT housing. | 12-17-2009 |
20100006762 | SCINTILLATOR PANEL AND RADIATION DETECTOR - A reflective resin sheet is bonded to one face of a supporting substrate transmitting a radiation ray and a resin sheet of the same material as that of the reflective resin sheet to the other face of the supporting substrate. A phosphor layer converting a radiation ray into visible light is formed additionally on the reflective resin sheet formed on one face of the supporting substrate. The phosphor layer is enclosed with an additional moisture-proof layer and the reflective resin sheet. It is possible to obtain a scintillator panel higher in sensitivity characteristics, stabilized in quality and more cost-effective by placing the reflective resin sheet between the supporting substrate and the phosphor layer. | 01-14-2010 |
20100012845 | ENERGY-RESOLVING DETECTION SYSTEM AND IMAGING SYSTEM - The invention relates to an energy-resolving detection system for detecting radiation ( | 01-21-2010 |
20100059681 | FLUORESCENT MATERIAL, SCINTILLATOR USING SAME, AND RADIATION DETECTOR USING SAME | 03-11-2010 |
20100102236 | RADIATION DETECTING APPARATUS AND RADIATION DETECTING SYSTEM - To reduce peeling between members constituting an radiation detecting apparatus, the radiation detecting apparatus of the present invention includes a laminating layered structure in which a supporting substance, an adhesive layer, an array substrate having a photoelectric conversion element, a scintillator layer for converting a radiation into light and a resin layer are stacked in this order. Of arrangement regions of each layer in a plane direction, an arrangement region of the scintillator layer is broader than the region opposed to a photoelectric conversion element, and an arrangement region of the adhesive layer is the same as or broader than the arrangement region of the photoelectric conversion element and at least a portion of the arrangement region of the adhesive layer is narrower than that of the scintillator layer. | 04-29-2010 |
20100108893 | Devices and Methods for Ultra Thin Photodiode Arrays on Bonded Supports - Ultra thin photodiode array structures and fabrication methods are disclosed. The back illuminated or front illuminated photodiode arrays have the active portion fabricated in a semiconductor layer which may be bonded to a supporting substrate layer. The active portion of semiconductor layer may comprise epitaxially grown layer. The isolation regions between pixels of an array may span the epitaxial layer and a semiconductor layer. Electrical contacts to the diodes are made through the bonded substrate or a portion of active layer. Methods of fabrication include steps to form a photodiode array of this type as well as steps to bond this array to supporting substrates. In some embodiments, supporting substrates are temporarily bonded for support of the methods of processing. | 05-06-2010 |
20100116992 | SCINTILLATOR PANEL AND RADIATION FLAT PANEL DETECTOR - There are provided a scintillator panel excellent in productivity and exhibiting enhanced emission-extracting efficiency and sharpness, resulting in reduced deterioration in sharpness between planar light-receiving element, and a radiation flat panel detector. The scintillator panel comprises a scintillator plate, wherein the scintillator plate comprises a protective layer comprising the first protective film provided on the side of the scintillator layer and the second protective film provided on the side of the substrate opposite the scintillator layer and the protective layer has a lug which is a sealed portion of the first protective film and the second protective film, and the length of the lug of the protective layer is represented by a specific expression, the first protective film is not adhered to the scintillator layer and the scintillator plate is provided as a constituent element for a radiation flat panel detector without being physicochemically adhered to the surface of a planar light receiving element. | 05-13-2010 |
20100123081 | Photodiode array, method of manufacturing the same, and radiation detector - A theme is to prevent the generation of noise due to damage in a photodetecting portion in a mounting process in a photodiode array, a method of manufacturing the same, and a radiation detector. In a photodiode array, wherein a plurality of photodiodes ( | 05-20-2010 |
20100133439 | Detector Device for Monitoring Scrap Metal for Radioactive Components - A detector device for monitoring metal scrap for radioactive components includes a gamma detector for detecting gamma radiation. The gamma detector is disposed in a protective housing which can be mounted in such a way that it projects into a pick-up area of a load suspension device which picks up the metal scrap. The gamma detector contains a scintillator as a gamma-sensitive element with a sensitive volume of less than 20 cm | 06-03-2010 |
20100148072 | PHOTODETECTOR, FLAT X-RAY DETECTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A flat organic photodetector has a structured first electrode that forms several sub-electrodes, a second electrode, at least one first organic layer, and a second organic layer. The organic layers are situated between the two electrodes and are structured in conformity with the structuring of the first electrode, so that the two organic layers are subdivided into multiple active regions respectively corresponding to the sub-electrodes of the first electrode. An x-ray detector has such a flat organic photodetector and an x-ray absorbing layer applied thereon. | 06-17-2010 |
20100163735 | RARE-EARTH MATERIALS, SCINTILLATOR CRYSTALS, AND RUGGEDIZED SCINTILLATOR DEVICES INCORPORATING SUCH CRYSTALS - A rare-earth halide material comprising a first surface region having a first surface roughness (R | 07-01-2010 |
20100181487 | Photodetector/imaging device with avalanche gain - A photodetector/imaging device comprises a layer of photoconductive material converting incident electromagnetic radiation into electrical charges, the layer of photoconductive material being capable of avalanche multiplication when an electric field of sufficient magnitude is applied thereacross; a readout layer detecting the electrical charge; and at least one interface layer between the layer of photoconductive material and the readout layer, the interface layer coupling electrical charge to or from the layer of photoconductive material and being configured to inhibit uncontrolled rises in current in the photoconductive material during avalanche multiplication. | 07-22-2010 |
20100187423 | FLUORESCENT MATERIAL,SCINTILLATOR USING SAME, AND RADIATION DETECTOR USING SAME - A fluorescent material for a scintillator to be used in a radiation detector is provided. The fluorescent material is designed to have a high fluorescent intensity and a low level of afterglow a short term of 1 to 300 ms after the termination of X-ray radiation. | 07-29-2010 |
20100193690 | RADIATION DETECTOR DEVICE HAVING A PLURALITY OF BOOT SECTIONS - A scintillation device includes a scintillator body and a plurality of boot sections spaced apart from each other by at least one gap. Each of the plurality of boot sections substantially surrounds a portion of the scintillator body and wherein the plurality of boot sections are characterized by a total length that is less than a length of the scintillator body. | 08-05-2010 |
20100200757 | SYNTHESIS OF ADVANCED SCINTILLATORS VIA VAPOR DEPOSITION TECHNIQUES - Transparent optical ceramic coating materials have been fabricated from europium-doped lutetium oxide (Lu | 08-12-2010 |
20100230601 | COMPOSITION, ARTICLE, AND METHOD - A polycrystalline scintillator composition is provided. The polycrystalline scintillator composition is capable of being sintered to form a body having a pulse height resolution that is less than about 20 percent at 662 kilo electron volts. Also, an article formed form the polycrystalline scintillator composition is provided, as well as a radiation detector including the article. | 09-16-2010 |
20100237250 | PHOTOSENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A photosensor includes a photodiode including a semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer is made up of an n-type semiconductor layer, an i-type semiconductor layer and a p-type semiconductor layer, for example. The photosensor further includes a transparent electrode made of a transparent conductive film, and a nitrogen-containing semiconductor layer formed between the semiconductor layer and the transparent electrode. | 09-23-2010 |
20100243905 | RADIATION DETECTOR - A radiation detector comprises a tool housing. The tool housing has a substantially cylindrical tubular shape. A radiation sensor generates a signal in response to detecting radiation. The radiation sensor is locatable within the tool housing. A signal processor is operably connectable with the radiation sensor. The signal processor receives the signal from the radiation sensor and generates an electrical signal as a function of the signal received. The signal processor is locatable within the tool housing. A flex-sleeve supports at least one of the radiation sensor and signal processor within the tool housing. The flex-sleeve comprises a substantially cylindrical portion and a coaxially extending polygonal portion for engagement and supportive interaction with the cylindrical portion. | 09-30-2010 |
20100252741 | SOLUTION-GROWN CRYSTALS FOR NEUTRON RADIATION DETECTORS, AND METHODS OF SOLUTION GROWTH - A method according to one embodiment includes growing an organic crystal from solution, the organic crystal exhibiting a signal response signature for neutrons from a radioactive source. A system according to one embodiment includes an organic crystal having physical characteristics of formation from solution, the organic crystal exhibiting a signal response signature for neutrons from a radioactive source; and a photodetector for detecting the signal response of the organic crystal. A method according to another embodiment includes growing an organic crystal from solution, the organic crystal being large enough to exhibit a detectable signal response signature for neutrons from a radioactive source. An organic crystal according to another embodiment includes an organic crystal having physical characteristics of formation from solution, the organic crystal exhibiting a signal response signature for neutrons from a radioactive source, wherein the organic crystal has a length of greater than about 1 mm in one dimension. | 10-07-2010 |
20100258730 | CASSETTE TYPE RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE SOLID-STATE DETECTOR - A cassette type radiographic image solid-sate detector that is an FPD compatible with a CR cassette thin-shaped with s sufficient strength, capable of preventing a housing from being deformed by external stress to deal with an external shock, and capable of portable radiography. The cassette type radiographic image solid-state detector comprises a detector unit including a scintillator layer for converting incident radiation into light and a signal detecting section for receiving the light obtained by the conversion by the scintillator layer and converting the light to an electrical signal, a housing including a housing body formed of carbon fibers and a first cover member and a second cover member covering openings of the housing body and containing the detector unit. The thickness of the housing in the direction of incidence of the radiation conforms to JIS Z 4905. At least one of the cover members is structured to be insertable into the detector unit. | 10-14-2010 |
20100264318 | Scintillator-block capable of efficient absorption of X-ray energy - The present invention describes scintillator-elements for use in X-ray detectors, the elements being shaped to ensure maximum absorption of the energy carried in by X-ray photons and to provide high position-resolution. Arrangements of such scintillator-elements in arrays and detector-systems comprising a plurality of arrays are described. | 10-21-2010 |
20100282971 | Method and Apparatus for Radiation Detection in a High Temperature Environment - A radiation detector operating at high temperatures is shown comprising a scintillating material for producing light when excited by incident radiation, a photocathode, and an electron multiplier. The photocathode is deposited directly onto the surface of the scintillating material that is oriented toward the electron multiplier. Depositing the photocathode directly on the surface greatly decreases photon loss which is a problem of prior art systems. In a preferred embodiment, a metal flange is hermetically sealed to the scintillating material and this is fusion welded to the electron multiplier to create a vacuum envelope. This invention is particularly useful in noisy environments such as downhole in a drilling operatio | 11-11-2010 |
20100294939 | PHASE STABLE RARE EARTH GARNETS - A transparent ceramic according to one embodiment includes a rare earth garnet comprising A | 11-25-2010 |
20100308225 | BETA RAY DETECTOR AND BETA RAY RECONSTRUCTION METHOD - Provided are a beta ray detector and a beta ray reconstruction method capable of achieving consistently high detection efficiency of beta rays in a wider energy region compared to that of a conventional beta ray detector while enhancing energy resolution. The beta ray detector comprises an absorber scintillator | 12-09-2010 |
20110017911 | RARE-EARTH HALIDE SCINTILLATOR COATED WITH A LIGHT ABSORBER OR LIGHT REFLECTOR - A scintillator material comprises a rare-earth halide coated with a layer comprising a resin and a pigment. In an embodiment, the scintillator material is used in an ionizing-radiation detector, and in particular embodiment, a gamma camera. The layer can adhere well and act as an absorbent or reflector depending on the color of the pigment. | 01-27-2011 |
20110017912 | RADIATION SCINTILLATOR AND RADIATION IMAGE DETECTOR - Disclosed are a radiation scintillator and a radiation image detector comprising the radiation scintillator. The radiation scintillator which exhibits enhanced sharpness and luminance and is excellent in shock resistance, comprises, on the substrate, a scintillator layer containing a phosphor and formed by a process of gas phase deposition, and the scintillator layer exhibits a thickness of 100 to 500 μm, a filling factor of the phosphor of 75 to 90% by mass and a layer thickness distribution of not more than 20%. | 01-27-2011 |
20110017913 | RADIATION IMAGE CONVERSION PANEL AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a radiation image conversion panel which has achieved a radiation image with enhanced sharpness and improved moisture resistance and shock resistance, and a production method thereof. The radiation image conversion panel comprises, on a support, a phosphor layer comprising phosphor columnar crystals, each composed mainly of cesium iodide (CsI) and formed by a process of gas phase deposition, wherein a coefficient of variation of crystal diameter of the phosphor columnar crystals is not more than 50% and a coefficient of variation of phosphor filling factor of the phosphor layer is not more than 20%. | 01-27-2011 |
20110024633 | CASSETTE TYPE RADIATION IMAGE DETECTOR - Disclosed is a cassette type radiation image detector, serving as an FPD that makes it possible to achieve the digitalization of image data. The detector includes: a detection unit to detect incident radiation to generate radiation image data and a housing that includes a main section formed in shape of a rectangular hollow cylinder at both ends of which opening sections are provided, and a first covering member and a second covering member, each of which is engaged with the main section by using an engaging member, to cover each of the opening sections, and that accommodates the detection unit therein. The main section is formed in such a manner that a first direction of carbon fibers included in a radiation incident surface and a second direction of carbon fibers included in an opposite surface are inclined relative to the opening sections, respectively, and are different from each other. | 02-03-2011 |
20110042571 | Scintillation Detector Assembly - The present disclosure relates to a scintillation assembly. The assembly may include a scintillator having a surface, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer contacting at least a portion of said surface, and a reflector proximal to the scintillator surface and adhered to the scintillator surface by the pressure sensitive adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer exhibits a TTV of 0.01 mm or less. | 02-24-2011 |
20110049371 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS - A radiation imaging apparatus comprises a housing having an upper panel on the incident side of radiation, a bottom panel opposite to the upper panel, a side panel connecting the upper panel with the bottom panel. The housing accommodates a radiation detection panel, a light source and a chassis providing rigidity to the housing. The chassis has a transmissible part which transmit the calibration light from the light source, the radiation detection panel is fixed on the side of the upper panel, and the light source is fixed on the side of the bottom part of the chassis. Further, a detachable lid is formed in at least a part of the bottom panel, and the opening portion is formed so as to expose the light source. | 03-03-2011 |
20110084210 | Process for producing a particularly strong scintillation material, a crystal obtained by said process and uses thereof - A large-volume scintillation crystal affording a high scintillation yield and having high mechanical strength is obtained by growing a crystal from a melt containing strontium iodide, barium iodide or a mixture thereof and by doping with an activator. To this end, the melt is enclosed in a closed volume. Before and/or during the growing, the melt is in diffusion-permitting connection, via the enclosed volume, with an oxygen getter which sets a constant oxygen potential in the closed volume and the melt. Such a scintillation crystal is suitable for detecting UV-, gamma-, beta-, alpha- and/or positron radiation. | 04-14-2011 |
20110114843 | RADIATION DETECTOR AND METHOD OF USING A RADIATION DETECTOR - A radiation detector can include a scintillating material to produce scintillation light in response to receiving neutrons, gamma radiation, potentially other targeted radiation, or any combination thereof. In a particular embodiment, the detector converts scintillating light to an electrical pulse and analyzes the shape of the electrical pulse to determine whether neutrons, gamma rays, or potentially other targeted radiation are detected. The detector can be configured to distinguish between neutrons and gamma rays. The scintillating material can extend over a length greater than approximately 1.1 meters. In an embodiment, the radiation detector can be used near a passageway to detect radioactive material passing through the passageway. More particularly, the radiation detector can be used to detect the radioactive material within a vehicle passing through the passageway. | 05-19-2011 |
20110121183 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, ITS CONTROLLING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING ITS PROGRAM - An idling time period after applying a bias to a conversion element until a start of an accumulation of the conversion element for deriving an image and an accumulation period from the start of the accumulation to a termination of the accumulation are measured. An offset correction of the image is conducted by using a dark current accumulation charge quantity in the accumulation calculated based on the measured idling time period and accumulation period and stored dark current response characteristics. Thus, even just after applying the bias to the conversion element, the offset correction can be properly conducted. An imaging apparatus which can execute a good radiographing without increasing costs and a size even just after applying the bias to the conversion element is provided. | 05-26-2011 |
20110121184 | DOI RADIATION DETECTOR - In a DOI radiation detector, scintillation crystals are arranged in three dimensions on a light receiving surface of a light receiving element, and a response of a crystal having detected a radiation ray can be identified on the light receiving surface. Thereby, a position at which the radiation ray is detected is determined in three dimensions. In this DOI radiation detector, regular triangular prism scintillation crystals are used, and response positions of the respective crystals are shifted for each set. This allows crystal identification without loss even with a structure such as a three-layer or six-layer structure hard to achieve by a quadrangular prism scintillation crystal. | 05-26-2011 |
20110121185 | RADIATION IMAGE DETECTING APPARATUS - There is disclosed a radiation image detecting apparatus which has achieved enhanced moisture resistance of a scintillator and enhanced image quality such as sharpness of a radiation image. The radiation image detecting apparatus is provided with a scintillator panel comprising a phosphor layer on a substrate and a photoelectric conversion panel, in which the scintillator panel is held between the photoelectric conversion panel and an opposed base material, and the periphery of the photoelectric conversion panel adheres to the periphery of the opposed base material with an adhesive, and pressure of a gas in the space between the photoelectric conversion panel and the opposed base material being lower than an atmospheric pressure. | 05-26-2011 |
20110139991 | RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MAKING A RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEM - A radiation detection system can include a first scintillator having a first edge extending between a first surface and a second surface of the first scintillator. The radiation detection system can also include a second scintillator having a second edge extending between a third surface and a fourth surface of the second scintillator. The first edge of the first scintillator can be coupled to the second edge of the second scintillator. In a particular embodiment, a first portion of the first scintillator and a second portion of the second scintillator can both lie along a line that is perpendicular to the first surface of the first scintillator. In another embodiment, an optical coupling material can be coupled between the first edge and the second edge. | 06-16-2011 |
20110163235 | SCINTIGRAPHIC DEVICE WITH HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION - A scintillation device with high resolution includes a detection unit ( | 07-07-2011 |
20110163236 | Scintillation-Cherenkov Detector and Method for High Energy X-Ray Cargo Container Imaging and Industrial Radiography - An inspection system, and corresponding methods, employing a detector for characterizing high energy penetrating radiation transmitted through an inspected object. The detector produces a detector signal that is due to both scintillation and Cherenkov processes. The scintillation and Cherenkov components of the detector signal are discriminated and processed to obtain separate measures of relative attenuation of higher and lower energy penetrating radiation in a target intervening between a source of penetrating radiation and the detector. In certain embodiments of the invention, scintillation and Cherenkov components of a detector signal are discriminated on the basis of distinct spectral features, or, alternatively, by processing temporal characteristics of the signal of a single photodetector. | 07-07-2011 |
20110168901 | Novel Lanthanide Doped Barium Phosphorous Oxide Scintillators - The present invention provides for a composition comprising an inorganic scintillator comprising a lanthanide-doped barium phosphorous oxide useful for detecting nuclear material. | 07-14-2011 |
20110198502 | PARTICLE RADIOTHERAPY APPARATUS - In a particle radiotherapy apparatus which has a passage for allowing movement of a particle beam, this invention provides a particle radiotherapy apparatus with high sensitivity for detection of annihilation radiation pairs even if there is a difference between a point where the particle beam loses energy and a position of a detector ring in a body axis direction of a patient. For the purpose of solving such a problem, the particle radiotherapy apparatus according to this invention includes an elliptic detector ring which is vertically long and is reversibly tiltable. Consequently, annihilation gamma ray pairs are detected with the single elliptic detector ring. Then, annihilation gamma ray pairs occurring inside the elliptic detector ring will be detected. In other words, all annihilation gamma ray pairs will impinge on the single elliptic detector ring at substantially right angles. This inhibits lowering of sensitivity for detection. | 08-18-2011 |
20110204239 | Radiation detection device - A radiation detection device, which includes an imaging board for detecting radiation transmitted through a subject to obtain a radiographic image of the subject, is provided with a heat dissipating member disposed on a radiation receiving side of the imaging board. | 08-25-2011 |
20110204240 | Scintillating Crystal Detector - A detector using scintillating crystals is provided. The scintillating crystal is based on cerium doped lutetium yttrium orthosilicate (Ce:LYSO). With calcium (Ca) doped into Ce:LYSO, the electrovalence of Ce is further uniformly distributed. The scintillating crystal obtains high stability with 2 to 10 times greater electrical degree than that of a general scintillating crystal. Thus, radiative induction to cancer cells is improved and distribution of the cancer cells is easily figured out. | 08-25-2011 |
20110210254 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SCINTILLATOR AND SCINTILLATOR - A method is disclosed, in at least one embodiment, for producing a scintillator for a radiation detector, in which the scintillator is produced in layers by depositing a scintillator material using a PVD process. By using a PVD process, owing to lower process temperatures of less than 300° C., it is possible to produce scintillators with decay times of less than 1.1 ns over large surfaces. In this way, the prerequisites for quantitative and energy-selective detection of individual radiation quanta can be satisfied even with fluxes of more than 10 | 09-01-2011 |
20110233411 | Method of managing radiation detectors, radiographic image capturing apparatus, and radiographic image capturing system - A method of managing radiation detectors allows the radiation detectors to be assembled into a radiographic image capturing apparatus such that defective pixels of the radiation detectors are not disposed at the same pixel position (coordinates). The method comprises the steps of recognizing the positions of defective pixels of a plurality of manufactured radiation detectors, referring to the recognized positions of the defective pixels, and assembling at least two radiation detectors into the radiographic image capturing apparatus in a superposed relationship, such that the defective pixels of the radiation detectors are not superposed one on the other. | 09-29-2011 |
20110248173 | PORTABLE RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - A portable radiographic image capture device including a radiation detector for capturing a radiographic image representing irradiated radiation and outputting an electrical signal representing the captured radiographic image; a control board that controls the image capture operation of the radiation detector; and a casing formed in a substantially rectangular flat plate shape, housing the radiation detector and the control board such that they are superimposed on each other. The casing has a flat image capture region for capturing a radiographic image with the radiation detector, is sloped such that the thickness at an end section at least one edge of the casing gradually decreases, and is capable of disposing at least a portion of at least one of the radiation detector and/or the control board inside the angled sloping region of the casing. | 10-13-2011 |
20110253898 | Multiple Screen Detection Systems - The present specification discloses an improved detection system employing multiple screens for greater detection efficiency. More particularly, a first enclosure has two adjacent walls, each with interior surfaces, a first end and a second end. The first ends of the two adjacent walls are connected at an angle to form an interior and the second ends of the two adjacent walls are connected to a semi-circular housing. At least one substrate, positioned on each of the interior surfaces of the adjacent walls, has an active area for receiving and converting electromagnetic radiation into light. A photodetector, positioned in the interior portion of the semi-circular housing, has an active area responsive to the light. | 10-20-2011 |
20110260065 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - Provided is a near-infrared spectroscopy apparatus using a phosphor. | 10-27-2011 |
20110260066 | SOLID-STATE X-RAY DETECTOR - A solid-state radiation detector comprises a photosensitive sensor associated with a radiation converter or scintillator. The fields of application of this type of detector are notably radiology: radiography, fluoroscopy and mammography, but also nondestructive testing. The detector comprises a rigid entrance window passed through by the first radiation upstream of the scintillator, the scintillator being placed between the sensor and the entrance window, the sensor comprising a substrate and photosensitive elements placed on the substrate. According to the invention, the entrance window is shaped so as to closely fit the form of the scintillator and is fixed in a moisture-tight manner on the substrate of the sensor. | 10-27-2011 |
20110266448 | THIN FILM DOPED ZnO NEUTRON DETECTORS - A neutron detector having a scintillator layor comprising a thin film of doped zinc oxide is disclosed. The use of doped zinc oxide in such applications provides appliances and detectors that are rugged, tolerant to shocks and temperature variations, non-hygoroscopic, and suitable for outdoor applications. | 11-03-2011 |
20110266449 | OPTICAL SENSOR AND DEVICE THEREWITH, AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - An optical sensor is provided with reduced sensitivity toward external light influences, fluorophores, and radiation, more particularly gamma radiation. The sensor is suitable for determining at least one parameter in a medium. The sensor has a matrix that contains a fluorescent dye. The matrix is supported by a transparent substrate and has a precious metal layer on the side facing the medium. The precious metal layer provides protection against photobleaching and radiation. The optical sensor is suitable for implementation in containers and laboratory products that are sterilized by gamma radiation, such as disposable bioreactors. | 11-03-2011 |
20110278463 | Radiation Detector And Method For Producing A Radiation Detector - A radiation detector is disclosed, which in at least one embodiment includes a scintillator with septa for separating scintillator elements arranged alongside one another, and a collimator with webs for forming laterally enclosed radiation channels, wherein the webs are inserted into the septa in order to avoid crosstalk between adjacent scintillator elements. This effectively suppresses crosstalk by light or secondary quanta between adjacent pixels in conjunction with a simple construction and high mechanical stability with the consequence that the spatial resolution and quantum efficiency of the radiation detector can be increased. At least one embodiment additionally relates to a method for producing such a radiation detector. | 11-17-2011 |
20110284749 | Radiation detector - The present invention provides a radiation detector that may suppress a decrease in dynamic range, and may improve an S/N ratio at a low radiation amount. Namely, pixels are provided with sensor sections each having different sensitivity characteristics, the sensor sections generating electric charge in response to irradiation of radiation and accumulating the electric charge in accordance with the amount of irradiated radiation. A control signal flows through a switch element provided for each pixel via scan lines. An electric signal corresponding with the electric charge accumulated in the sensor section of each pixel flows through signal lines in accordance with the switching state of the respective switch elements. | 11-24-2011 |
20110309250 | Methods for Manufacturing Three-Dimensional Devices and Devices Created Thereby - In certain exemplary embodiments of the present invention, three-dimensional micro-mechanical devices and/or micro-structures can be made using a production casting process. As part of this process, an intermediate mold can be made from or derived from a precision stack lamination and used to fabricate the devices and/or structures. Further, the micro-devices and/or micro-structures can be fabricated on planar or nonplanar surfaces through use of a series of production casting processes and intermediate molds. The use of precision stack lamination can allow the fabrication of high aspect ratio structures. Moreover, via certain molding and/or casting materials, molds having cavities with protruding undercuts also can be fabricated. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. This abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 12-22-2011 |
20120001074 | CERAMIC SCINTILATOR BODY AND SCINTILLATION DEVICE - A scintillation device includes a free-standing ceramic scintillator body that includes a polycrystalline ceramic scintillating material comprising a rare earth element, wherein the polycrystalline ceramic scintillating material is characterized substantially by a cation-deficient perovskite structure. A method of producing a free-standing ceramic scintillator body includes preparing a precursor solution including a rare earth element precursor, a hafnium precursor and an activator (Ac) precursor, obtaining a precipitate from the solution, and calcining the precipitate to obtain a polycrystalline ceramic scintillating material including a rare earth hafnate doped with the activator and having a cation-deficient perovskite structure. | 01-05-2012 |
20120018642 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE DETECTOR - [Problems to be Solved] It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel radiographic image detector which can detect radiation, such as hard X-rays or γ-rays, with high sensitivity and which is excellent in position resolution and count rate characteristic. | 01-26-2012 |
20120025084 | RADIATION DETECTOR WITH MULTIPLE OPERATING SCHEMES - A radiation detector includes a conversion element that converts an incoming radiation beam into electrical signals, which in turn can be used to generate data about the radiation beam. The conversion element may include, for example, a scintillator that converts the radiation beam into light, and a sensor that generates the signals in response to the light. The conversion element can be used in different schemes or data collection modes. For instance, the conversion element can be oriented normal to the radiation beam or transverse to the radiation beam. In either of these orientations, for example, the detector can be used in an integrating mode or in a counting mode. | 02-02-2012 |
20120025085 | ION DETECTOR - An ion detector for detecting positive ions and negative ions, includes a housing provided with an ion entrance to make the positive ions and the negative ions enter, a conversion dynode which is disposed in the housing and to which a negative potential is applied, a scintillator which is disposed in the housing and has an electron incident surface which is opposed to the conversion dynode and into which secondary electrons emitted from the conversion dynode are made incident, a conductive layer which is formed on the electron incident surface and to which a positive potential is applied, and a photodetector which detects light emitted by the scintillator in response to incidence of the secondary electrons. | 02-02-2012 |
20120056092 | X-RAY DETECTOR WITH IMPROVED QUANTUM EFFICIENCY - Among other things, one or more systems and/or techniques for integrating electrical charge yielded from an indirect conversion detector array of a pulsating radiation system are provided. The integration begins during a resting period between a first and second pulse and ends before the second pulse is emitted. Electrical charge that is measured during a resting period is integrated, while electrical charge measured during a pulse is not integrated. In this way, parasitic contributions caused by the direct interaction of radiation photons with a photodiode are reduced and a quantum efficiency of the indirect conversion detector array is increased, for example. Moreover, the period of integration can be adjusted such that a voltage gain related to the indirect conversion detector array can be varied to a predetermined level. | 03-08-2012 |
20120068073 | CASSETTE TYPE RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE SOLID-STATE DETECTOR - A cassette type radiographic image detector may include a housing including a first surface on which radiation enters and a second surface as a back surface opposite to the first surface, and a detection panel housed within the housing which detects radiation transmitted through the first surface. The housing may be configured to disperse an external force by transmitting a vertical component of the external force from one of the first or second surface to the other of the first or second surface. | 03-22-2012 |
20120068074 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SCINTILLATOR PANEL, SCINTILLATOR PANEL, AND RADIATION IMAGE DETECTOR - A method of manufacturing a scintillator panel in which no dust is generated when improving protrusions on the phosphor surface, resulting in no generation of image defects caused by the dust, to-provide a scintillator panel exhibiting excellent image quality and a radiation image detector thereof. The scintillator panel includes a support having a phosphor layer formed thereon. The method includes forming the phosphor layer on the support, and subsequently heat-treating the support and the phosphor layer which are sandwiched by two rigid plates under applied pressure. | 03-22-2012 |
20120097855 | SCINTILLATOR PANEL, METHOD OF PRODUCING SCINTILLATOR PANEL, RADIATION IMAGE DETECTOR AND METHOD OF PRODUCING RADIATION IMAGE DETECTOR - A scintillator panel which has achieved enhanced sharpness and sensitivity is disclosed, comprising on a first support a phosphor layer comprising phosphor columnar crystals formed by a process of vapor phase deposition and containing a parent component of cesium iodide (CsI) and an activator of thallium (Tl), and the phosphor layer comprising a first layer of a CsI layer which is in the bottom portion of the phosphor layer and does not contain any activator of thallium, and on the first layer, a second layer of a CsI—Tl layer which contains the activator of thallium and exhibits not more than 32% of a coefficient of variation of concentration of thallium in the direction of thickness. | 04-26-2012 |
20120104259 | APPARATUS FOR TIME TO DIGITAL CONVERSION - A time-to-digital converter device includes a first delay chain circuit that generates a first value corresponding to a time delay between a start signal and a stop signal. The time-to-digital converter device also includes at least one second delay chain circuits that generates a second value corresponding to a time delay between a delayed start signal and the stop signal. At least one delay element generates the delayed start signal by applying a predetermined delay to the start signal, and a combining circuit generates an output value based on the first and second values. In the time-to-digital converter according to the exemplary embodiments of the present advancements, the output value corresponds to the time delay between the start signal and the stop signal. | 05-03-2012 |
20120112074 | NEUTRON SCINTILLATOR COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A neutron scintillator composite (NSC) material is made of a neutron scintillator material and a binder material. The binder material has an index of refraction substantially identical to the neutron scintillator material. The neutron scintillator material and binder material are mixed into a solid or semi-solid neutron scintillator composite material with sufficient flowability for molding into a shaped article, such as a neutron sensing element of a radiation detector. The neutron scitillator composite material collects and channels photons through the material itself and into a photosensing element optically coupled to the material. Because the indices of refraction for both the neutron scintillator material and the binder material are substantially identical, scattering at the scintillator-binder interface(s) is minimized, thereby producing transmission efficiencies that approach single crystals. | 05-10-2012 |
20120112075 | RADIATION DETECTOR - There is provided a radiation detector including: a support body; a scintillator layer that is deposited further to the inside than outside edges of the support body and that converts incident radiation into light; a photo detector plate that converts light emitted from the scintillator layer into charge and has a different linear expansion coefficient to that of the support body, the photo detector plate being adhered to the scintillator layer so as to form a gap between the photo detector plate and the support body; and a sealing layer of a resilient body that is poured into the gap and that covers a side face of the scintillator layer, such that a film thickness at the center portion of the sealing layer is thinner than a film thickness of the sealing layer at the support body side edges and at the photo detector plate side edges. | 05-10-2012 |
20120112076 | REMOTE DETECTION OF RADIATION - Various embodiments of the present invention provide a method of detecting inaccessible radiation sources by measuring corresponding ions and excited molecules created by radiation, using LIDAR technology. The LIDAR system of the present invention employs a pulsed laser transmitter, a telescope receiver, and associated control and acquisition systems. Light propagates out from the laser transmitted and is directed into the volume surrounding the radioactive source, or the “ion cloud.” The ion cloud absorbs the transmitted light, which induces the non-fluorescing ions to fluoresce. Light from the ion cloud is then backscattered and the telescope receiver subsequently collects the photons from the backscattered light. The intensity of the fluorescence (determined by the photon count) is measured, which provides an indication of the number density of the ionized atoms. Algorithms can then be used to relate the measured ionization rates to the source activity. | 05-10-2012 |
20120119092 | SCINTILLATING MATERIAL HAVING LOW AFTERGLOW - The invention relates to a scintillator material comprising a cerium-doped rare-earth silicate, characterized in that its absorbance at a wavelength of 357 nm is less than its absorbance at 280 nm. This material has an afterglow of generally less than 200 ppm after 100 ms relative to the intensity measured during an X-ray irradiation. It is preferably codoped. It may be obtained using an oxidizing anneal. It is particularly suited to integration in an ionizing particle detector that may be used in a medical imaging apparatus. | 05-17-2012 |
20120132811 | SCINTILLATOR-PHOTOSENSOR SANDWICH AND RADIATION DETECTOR AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR, EMBODYING SAME - In a method to produce a scintillator-photosensor sandwich for use in a pixel-resolving radiation detector for ionizing radiation, either a scintillator layer or a photosensor layer can respectively be the first and second function layers (alternatively). A transfer adhesive tape carries an adhesive layer having an exposed first side and a second side covered by protective film. The exposed side of the adhesive layer is applied onto a first of the function layers. A first lamination of the adhesive layer including the protective film onto the first function layer is implemented. The protective film is removed. A second of the function layers is then placed in contact with the second side of the adhesive layer that is situated on the first of the function layers. A second lamination of the two function layers with the adhesive layer situated between them is implemented. | 05-31-2012 |
20120132812 | METHOD TO PRODUCE A SCINTILLATOR-PHOTOSENSOR SANDWICH, SCINTILLATOR-PHOTOSENSOR SANDWICH, AND RADIATION DETECTOR - In a method to produce a scintillator-photosensor sandwich, as well as a scintillator-photosensor sandwich and a radiation detector with such a scintillator-photosensor sandwich, the scintillator-photosensor sandwich is generated by gluing a first support frame onto an adhesive layer (covered on at least one side with a second protective film on the side facing the adhesive layer, the first frame having a size that (in terms of area) surrounds the scintillator-photosensor sandwich to be produced. The first support frame is placed onto a flat base that supports a first function layer (either a scintillator layer or a photosensor layer). The adhesive layer supported on the first support frame and the first function layer are laminarly assembled. The second protective film is removed from the adhesive layer and a second function layer (the other of the scintillator layer or the photosensor layer not used as the first function layer) is assembled with the first function layer with the interposed adhesive layer. | 05-31-2012 |
20120132813 | OPTICAL SENSOR COMPRISING A LAYER SOLUBLE IN THE MEDIUM TO BE MEASURED AND DEVICE COMPRISING IT, AND PROCESS FOR THEIR PRODUCTION - An optical is provided with reduced sensitivity to radiation, more particularly gamma radiation. The optical sensor is suitable for determining at least one parameter in a medium and includes a matrix containing a fluorescent dye. The matrix is supported by a transparent support. On the side facing the medium, the matrix has a layer soluble in the medium, which layer provides protection against radiation or damaging radiation products. The optical sensor is suitable for implementation in containers and laboratory products, such as disposable bioreactors for example, which are sterilized using gamma radiation. | 05-31-2012 |
20120153163 | IMAGING MEASUREMENT SYSTEM WITH A PRINTED PHOTODETECTOR ARRAY - Low cost large area photodetector arrays are provided. In a first embodiment, the photodetectors comprise an inorganic photoelectric conversion material formed in a single thick layer of material. In a second embodiment, the photodetectors comprise a lamination of several thin layers of an inorganic photoelectric conversion material, the combined thickness of which is large enough to absorb incoming x-rays with a high detector quantum efficiency. In a third embodiment, the photodetectors comprise a lamination of several layers of inorganic or organic photoelectric conversion material, wherein each layer has a composite scintillator coating. | 06-21-2012 |
20120161011 | HIGH ASPECT RATIO SCINTILLATOR DETECTOR FOR NEUTRON DETECTION - A detection device includes a photon sensor and a scintillator device optically coupled to the photon sensor. The scintillator device includes a scintillator material having a first refractive index, a first refractive material in a first annular space around the scintillator material, and a second refractive material in a second annular space around the first annular space. The first refractive material has a second refractive index. The second refractive index is less than the first refractive index. The second refractive material has a third refractive index. The third refractive index is less than the second refractive index. | 06-28-2012 |
20120161012 | SCINTILLATOR MATERIAL - A device having: a scintillator material having an atom having an atomic number of at least 45, and one or more photomultiplier tubes adjacent to the scintillator material. | 06-28-2012 |
20120181434 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS, RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS - A radiation imaging apparatus includes a substrate, at least one imaging element, a scintillator, a first heat peelable adhesive member which fixes the substrate to the imaging element, and a second heat peelable adhesive member which fixes the imaging element to the scintillator. An adhesive strength of the first heat peelable member is decreased by heat. A temperature of the first heat peelable adhesive member at which the adhesive strength is decreased is substantially equal to a temperature at which second heat peelable adhesive member fixes the imaging element to the scintillator. A heat transfer quantity per unit time of the substrate is different from that of the scintillator. | 07-19-2012 |
20120187298 | SCINTILLATOR PANEL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS - A scintillator includes a scintillator layer having a first surface and second surface which are surfaces opposite to each other, wherein the scintillator layer includes a plurality of columnar portions, each columnar portion including a columnar crystal for converting a radiation into light, and the columnar crystal of each columnar portion having a diameter which increases from an intermediate portion between the first surface and the second surface toward the first surface and the second surface. | 07-26-2012 |
20120187299 | SCINTILLATOR PANEL, RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEM - A method of manufacturing a scintillator panel including a scintillator layer which converts a radiation into light, includes a growing step of growing a scintillator including a plurality of columnar crystals on a first substrate; a fixing step of fixing a second substrate to a surface of the scintillator that is opposite to a surface on a side of the first substrate; a separation step of separating the first substrate from the scintillator; and a removal step of removing, from the scintillator, a portion of a predetermined thickness from an exposed surface of the scintillator that is exposed in the separation step, to form the scintillator layer. | 07-26-2012 |
20120193539 | Novel Lanthanide Doped Strontium-Barium Cesium Halide Scintillators - The present invention provides for a composition comprising an inorganic scintillator comprising an optionally lanthanide-doped strontium-barium, optionally cesium, halide, useful for detecting nuclear material. | 08-02-2012 |
20120193540 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A radiological image detection apparatus includes: a scintillator which is formed out of a group of columnar crystals in which crystals of a fluorescent material emitting fluorescence when irradiated with radiation have grown into columnar shapes; and a photodetector which is provided on a radiation entrance side of the scintillator and which detects the fluorescence emitted by the scintillator as an electric signal. A high activator density region whose activator density is higher than activator density of a region on an opposite side to the radiation entrance side in the scintillator is provided and disposed on the photodetector side in the scintillator. | 08-02-2012 |
20120217404 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a radiological image detection apparatus having: a scintillator that emits fluorescence upon exposure to radiation; and a photodetecting unit disposed on a radiation entrance side of the scintillator, the method includes: a photodetecting unit production process for layering on a substrate a protective member that exhibits low radiation absorbency than that exhibited by the substrate and forming a thin film portion that detects the fluorescence as an electric signal on the protective member, thereby producing the photodetecting unit; a substrate peel-removal process for peeling and eliminating the substrate from the protective member; and an integration process for integrating the previously-produced scintillator and the photodetecting unit before or after the substrate peel-removal process. | 08-30-2012 |
20120217405 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A radiological image detection apparatus includes: a phosphor which contains fluorescent material emitting fluorescence in response to radiation exposure; a sensor portion of thin-film type that is provided adjacent to a radiation entering side of the phosphor and supported by the phosphor and that detects fluorescence emitted by the phosphor; and a moisture preventing portion that covers at least a part of a rear face opposite to a phosphor side of the sensor portion so as to suppress entering of moisture into the sensor portion. | 08-30-2012 |
20120217406 | GAS-FILLED NEUTRON DETECTORS HAVING IMPROVED DETECTION EFFICIENCY - Surfaces or surface portions incorporated into gas-filled neutron detectors are coated with and/or composed of at least partially, neutron reactive material. The surfaces may be flat or curved fins or plates, foils, porous or filamentary material, or semi-solid material or aerogel. The incorporation of the extended surfaces coated with or composed of neutron reactive material increases the neutron detection efficiency of the gas-filled detectors over conventional coated designs. These surfaces or surface portions increase the amount of neutron reactive material present in the detector over conventional coated designs and, as a result, increase the neutron detection efficiency. The surfaces can be made of conductive, semiconductive or insulative materials. The surfaces are arranged such that they do not detrimentally detract from the main function of a gas-filled detector with particular attention to gas-filled proportional detectors. | 08-30-2012 |
20120228509 | RADIATION IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A radiation imaging device includes: a sensor substrate having a pixel portion including a photoelectric conversion element; a scintillator layer provided on the pixel portion of the sensor substrate; and a sealing layer with which at least a part of the scintillator layer is sealed, in which the sealing layer includes a first wall portion disposed on the sensor substrate away from the scintillator layer, and a moisture-proof layer provided between the scintillator layer and the first wall portion. | 09-13-2012 |
20120235046 | RADIATION DETECTION ELEMENT - Disclosed is a radiation detection element which can inexpensively be manufactured. The detection element including, as a main component, a base resin not containing any fluorescent substance at all is used for radiation measurement. | 09-20-2012 |
20120241627 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A radiological image detection apparatus includes: a radiation image conversion panel including: a phosphor having a group of columnar crystals in which crystals of the fluorescent material have grown into columnar shape, the fluorescent material which emits fluorescent light when exposed to radiation and a protective film which covers at least a fluorescent light emission surface of the phosphor, a surface of the protective film being subjected to plasma processing; a sensor panel detecting the fluorescent light emitted from the phosphor; and an adhesive layer which is sandwiched between the protective film and a photodetecting surface of the sensor panel and with which the radiation image conversion panel and the sensor panel are bonded to each other, a thickness of the adhesive layer being in a range of 10 to 40 μm. | 09-27-2012 |
20120248317 | SCINTILLATOR CRYSTAL HAVING PHASE-SEPARATED STRUCTURE - A scintillator crystal to be used for a radiation detector such as X-ray CT apparatus has a unidirectional phase-separated structure and provides a light guiding function without forming partitions to prevent any crosstalk. The scintillator crystal comprises a phase-separated structure including a plurality of first crystal phases of the columnar crystals with unidirectionality and a second crystal phase covering lateral surfaces of the first crystal phases. At least the second crystal phase comprises CuI and emits light when excited by radiation. | 10-04-2012 |
20120248318 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE-PICKUP DEVICE AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE-PICKUP DISPLAY SYSTEM - A radiographic image-pickup device includes: a photoelectric conversion layer; a wavelength conversion layer provided on the photoelectric conversion layer and converting a wavelength of radiation into a wavelength within a sensitivity band of the photoelectric conversion layer; and a low-refractive-index layer provided between the photoelectric conversion layer and the wavelength conversion layer, and having a refractive index lower than a refractive index of each of the photoelectric conversion layer and the wavelength conversion layer. | 10-04-2012 |
20120256091 | RADIATION DETECTING APPARATUS - A radiation detecting apparatus includes a radiation detector including a scintillator for converting radiation that has passed through a subject into visible light, and a substantially rectangular shaped photoelectric transducer board for converting the visible light into radiographic image information, and a casing housing the radiation detector therein. The casing is of a substantially rectangular shape and includes an upper plate, a lower plate, and a frame interconnecting the upper plate and the lower plate. The frame has a recess defined therein, which faces and is spaced from a corner of the photoelectric transducer board, the recess being concave in a direction away from the corner. | 10-11-2012 |
20120261581 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DETECTOR, RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS INCLUDING DETECTOR MANUFACTURED THEREBY, AND RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEM - A method is provided for manufacturing a high-performance plane-type detector without the increase in cost or decrease in yield accompanying the increase in the number of masks. The method includes the first step of forming a first electrode and a control electrode from a first electroconductive film deposited on a substrate, the second step of depositing an insulating film and a semiconductor film in that order after the first step, the third step of depositing an impurity semiconductor film and a second electroconductive film in that order after the second step, and forming a common electrode wire and a first electroconductive member from the second electroconductive film, and the fourth step of forming with the same mask a second electrode and a second electroconductive member from a transparent electroconductive oxide film formed after the third step, and impurity semiconductor layers from the impurity semiconductor film. | 10-18-2012 |
20120273685 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE CONVERSION PANEL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RADIOLOGICAL CONVERSION PANEL AND RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS - A radiological image conversion panel includes a phosphor and a light transmissive protection material. The phosphor has a group of columnar crystals formed by growing a crystal of a fluorescent material and a fluorescence emitting surface configured by a set of tips of the columnar crystals. The light transmissive protection material covers the fluorescence emitting surface of the phosphor. The protection material is inserted between the tips of the group of the columnar crystals. A gap is formed between at least a part of a side of the tips of the columnar crystals and the protection material. The radiological image detection apparatus includes a radiological image conversion panel and a sensor panel that is provided close to the fluorescence emitting surface of the phosphor to detect the fluorescence emitted from the phosphor. | 11-01-2012 |
20120286165 | Rare-Earth Halide Crystal Scintillator With Polished Sensitive Face - The invention relates to a single-crystal scintillator material comprising at least 50 wt % of rare-earth halide and comprising a polished first face. This material is integrated into an ionizing-radiation detector comprising a photoreceiver, the photoreceiver being optically coupled to the material via a face other than the polished first face. The material provides a good energy resolution and a high light intensity. The polishing may be carried out whatever the crystal orientation of the crystal. Loss of material due to this orientation is therefore prevented. | 11-15-2012 |
20120292515 | PANEL SUPPORT PLATE AND DETECTOR AND X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEM - A panel support plate for supporting a detection panel within an X-ray detector is provided. The panel support plate comprises a shock absorption space, a portion of which is in contact with an internal edge of a housing of the detector. | 11-22-2012 |
20120292516 | SCINTILLATOR CRYSTAL BODY, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND RADIATION DETECTOR - In a scintillator used for radiation detection, such as an X-ray CT scanner, a scintillation crystal body having a unidirectional phase separation structure is provided which has a light guide function for crosstalk prevention without using partitions. The phase separation structure includes a first crystal phase and a second crystal phase having a refractive index larger than that of the first crystal phase and which have a first principal surface and a second principal surface, these principal surfaces being not located on the same plane, the first principal surface and the second principal surface have portions to which the second crystal phase is exposed, and a portion of the second crystal phase exposed to the first principal surface and a portion of the second crystal phase exposed to the second principal surface are connected to each other. | 11-22-2012 |
20120298874 | RADIATION DETECTION DEVICE - A scintillator receives radiation and produces light. The scintillator is composed of columnar crystals arranged upright. Conical end portions of the columnar crystals are embedded in a resin layer formed on a light detection section. The resin layer, made from a thermosetting resin material, is heated and cured with the end portions embedded therein. Because a refractive index of the resin layer is lower than that of the columnar crystals, average refractive indices of respective layers between the columnar crystals and the light detection section change continuously. The resin layer prevents the end portions from damage and improves efficiency of incidence on the light detection section. | 11-29-2012 |
20120305777 | RADIATION IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND RADIATION IMAGE PICKUP DISPLAY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A radiation image pickup device includes: a sensor substrate including a photoelectric conversion element; a non-ionic layer provided on a part of the sensor substrate; and a wavelength converting member provided on the non-ionic layer, and converting a wavelength of a radiation into a wavelength in a sensitivity range of the photoelectric conversion element. | 12-06-2012 |
20120305778 | SCINTILLATION CRYSTAL INCLUDING A RARE EARTH HALIDE, AND A RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SCINTILLATION CRYSTAL - A scintillation crystal can include Ln | 12-06-2012 |
20120305779 | INORGANIC SCINTILLATING MATERIAL, CRYSTAL SCINTILLATOR AND RADIATION DETECTOR - A new inorganic scintillating material is provided represented by the formula Ln | 12-06-2012 |
20120326042 | SOLUTION-GROWN CRYSTALS FOR NEUTRON RADIATION DETECTORS, AND METHODS OF SOLUTION GROWTH - An organic crystal according to one embodiment includes an organic crystal comprising diphenylacetylene and stilbene or a stilbene derivative, the crystal having physical characteristics of formation from solution, the organic crystal exhibiting a signal response signature for neutrons from a radioactive source. A system according to one embodiment includes an organic crystal comprising diphenylacetylene and stilbene or a stilbene derivative, the crystal having physical characteristics of formation from solution, the organic crystal exhibiting a signal response signature for neutrons from a radioactive source; and a photodetector for detecting the signal response of the organic crystal. Methods of making such crystals are also provided. | 12-27-2012 |
20130001423 | RADIATION SENSING THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE PANELS - A transparent scintillator panel including an extruded scintillation layer comprising a thermoplastic polyolefin and a scintillator material, wherein the transparent scintillator panel has an intrinsic MTF at least 5% greater than the iH50 of a solvent-coated DRZ+ screen. Also disclosed is a scintillation detection system including a transparent scintillator panel comprising an extruded scintillation layer comprising a thermoplastic olefin and a scintillator material; and at least one photodetector coupled to the transparent scintillator panel, wherein at least one photodetector is configured to detect photons generated from the transparent scintillator panel. Further disclosed is a method of making a transparent scintillator panel including providing thermoplastic particles comprising at least one thermoplastic polyolefin and a scintillator material; and melt extruding the thermoplastic particles to form an extruded scintillation layer. | 01-03-2013 |
20130015357 | SCINTILLATOR HAVING PHASE SEPARATION STRUCTURE AND RADIATION DETECTOR USING THE SAMEAANM Horie; RyokoAACI Kawasaki-shiAACO JPAAGP Horie; Ryoko Kawasaki-shi JPAANM Yasui; NobuhiroAACI Yokohama-shiAACO JPAAGP Yasui; Nobuhiro Yokohama-shi JPAANM Ohashi; YoshihiroAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Ohashi; Yoshihiro Tokyo JPAANM Den; ToruAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Den; Toru Tokyo JP - Provided is a scintillator used for detecting radiation in an X-ray CT scanner or the like, the scintillator having a unidirectional phase separation structure having an optical waveguide function, which eliminates the need of formation of partition walls for preventing crosstalks. The scintillator has the phase separation structure including: a first crystal phase including multiple columnar crystals having unidirectionality; and a second crystal phase filling space on the side of the first crystal phase. The second crystal phase includes a material represented by Cs | 01-17-2013 |
20130032720 | NOVEL COMPOSITION FOR RADIATION IMAGING DETECTOR AND A RADIATION IMAGING DETECTOR COMPRISING THE SAME - Disclosed is a novel composition for radiation image detector. The composition comprises an organic matrix comprising a charge transport material (CTM); and scintillating particles for absorbing radiation, being dispersed in the organic matrix, wherein the scintillating particles are in contact with a charge generation material (CGM). | 02-07-2013 |
20130043397 | SCINTILLATOR PANEL, AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE SENSOR - A scintillator panel | 02-21-2013 |
20130075617 | Scintillator Crystal Materials, Scintillators And Subterranean Detectors - Methods for pre-treating packaging materials of particular composition for use in conjunction with a scintillation crystal are disclosed. The packaging materials may comprise a reflecting material, an elastomer, a reflecting fluorocarbon polymer, a polymer or elastomer loaded with a reflecting inorganic powder (including a reflecting inorganic powder comprising a high reflectance material selected from the group comprising Al | 03-28-2013 |
20130105696 | HERMETICALLY SEALED RADIATION DETECTOR AND METHODS FOR MAKING | 05-02-2013 |
20130105697 | LIGHT EMITTING CERAMIC, LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT, SCINTILLATOR, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIGHT EMITTING CERAMIC | 05-02-2013 |
20130112881 | DEVICE FOR IMAGING THE INNER SURFACE OF A CAVITY IN A WORKPIECE - A device for imaging an inner surface of a cavity in a workpiece includes optics with a panoramic view, and has an image transmission connection with an image sensor and a downstream evaluation device. The device also has an illumination system with a light source for illuminating an imaging region of the inner surface imaged by the optics. Further, at least one light-emitting and/or light-deflecting component of the illumination system is provided on a lens, such as in particular a front lens, of the optics. | 05-09-2013 |
20130112882 | RADIATION DETECTOR - Provided is a radiation detector | 05-09-2013 |
20130146774 | STAND-ALONE PHOTOSENSOR ASSEMBLY - A stand-alone photosensor assembly has a housing with an axis, a first axial end and a second axial end opposite the first axial end. An adapter may be threadingly coupled to the first axial end of the housing. The adapter may be adapted to mount the housing to a scintillator. A photosensor element may be located inside the housing and adapted to be optically coupled to the scintillator. A sub-housing may be located inside the housing, at least a portion of which is located radially between the housing and the photosensor element. A scintillator assembly may include a scintillator and the photosensor assembly. A machine, such as a radiation detector, may include the scintillator and the photosensor assembly coupled to the scintillator. The machine also may include an output device to generate output in response to the photosensor assembly, and a user interface coupled to the output device. | 06-13-2013 |
20130161518 | IMAGE STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING STORAGE PHOSPHOR POWDER, METHOD OF FORMING IMAGE STORAGE DEVICE, AND COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY APPARATUS - An image storage device includes a substrate including a plurality of voids and a septum disposed between the voids, and cells including a storage phosphor powder within the voids. In an embodiment, a computed radiography apparatus includes an image storage device, a stimulating radiation device to generate stimulating radiation, and a photosensor to detect light. In another embodiment, a method of forming an image storage device includes providing a patterned substrate that includes a plurality of voids and a septum disposed between the voids, adding a storage phosphor powder into the voids of the patterned substrate to form cells, and applying a topcoat layer that is substantially free of the storage phosphor powder. | 06-27-2013 |
20130161519 | COLQUIRIITE-TYPE CRYSTAL, SCINTILLATOR FOR NEUTRON DETECTION AND NEUTRON DETECTOR - [Problems to be Solved] A colquiriite-type crystal preferred for a scintillator for neutron detection, which has high sensitivity to neutron and which is reduced in background noise attributed to γ rays; a scintillator for neutron detection which comprises this crystal; and a neutron detector are provided. | 06-27-2013 |
20130168555 | X-RAY DETECTION PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An X-ray detection panel includes a substrate, a sensor device formed over the substrate, a scintillating layer formed over the sensor device, an adhesion layer formed around the scintillating layer, and a protective film formed over the scintillating layer and the adhesion layer. The X-ray detection panel further includes a side sealing structure formed over a side surface of the adhesion layer, over a side surface of the protective film and over the substrate. | 07-04-2013 |
20130193329 | LITHIUM BASED SCINTILLATORS FOR NEUTRON DETECTION - A neutron scintillator composite (NSC) is made of a neutron scintillator and a binder. The neutron scintillator of the composite has the formula Li | 08-01-2013 |
20130200265 | SCINTILLATION DETECTION DEVICE WITH AN ENCAPSULATED SCINTILLATOR - A scintillation device is disclosed and can include a scintillator and a pliable encapsulating barrier completely surrounding the scintillator. The scintillation device can be used within a detector device. The detector device can include a housing and a photosensor within the housing. The scintillation device can be within the housing adjacent to the photosensor. | 08-08-2013 |
20130221225 | COATINGS FOR DIGITAL DETECTORS - Described is a scintillator screen that includes a supporting layer having a phosphor dispersed in a polymeric binder disposed on the supporting layer and a barrier layer disposed on the polymeric binder. The barrier layer includes a non-moisture absorbing polymer selected from the group consisting of polyethylene terephthalate, cellulose diacetate, ethylene vinyl acetate and polyvinyl butyraldehyde. The barrier layer has a thickness of less than 1 micron. An antistatic layer is disposed on the barrier layer. The antistatic layer includes poly(3,4-ethylenedixythiophene)-poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT/PSS) dispersed in a polymer selected from the group consisting of a polyester and a polyurethane. The antistatic layer has a transparency of greater than 95 percent at a wavelength of from about 400 nm to 600 nm. | 08-29-2013 |
20130264482 | SCINTILLATOR FOR NEUTRONS AND NEUTRON DETECTOR - Provided is a scintillator for neutrons that allows the detection of neutrons with superb sensitivity and that is little affected by background noise derived from γ-rays, and a neutron detector that uses the neutron scintillator. | 10-10-2013 |
20130284933 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The device includes: a scintillator | 10-31-2013 |
20130284934 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE CONVERSION PANEL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS - A radiological image conversion panel | 10-31-2013 |
20130284935 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The X-ray image detection apparatus | 10-31-2013 |
20130292572 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE CONVERSION PANEL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS - A radiological image conversion panel | 11-07-2013 |
20130292573 | PHOTODIODE AND OTHER SENSOR STRUCTURES IN FLAT-PANEL X-RAY IMAGERS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING TOPOLOGICAL UNIFORMITY OF THE PHOTODIODE AND OTHER SENSOR STRUCTURES IN FLAT-PANEL X-RAY IMAGERS BASED ON THIN-FILM ELECTRONICS - A radiation sensor including a scintillation layer configured to emit photons upon interaction with ionizing radiation and a photodetector including in order a first electrode, a photosensitive layer, and a photon-transmissive second electrode disposed in proximity to the scintillation layer. The photosensitive layer is configured to generate electron-hole pairs upon interaction with a part of the photons. The radiation sensor includes pixel circuitry electrically connected to the first electrode and configured to measure an imaging signal indicative of the electron-hole pairs generated in the photosensitive layer and a planarization layer disposed on the pixel circuitry between the first electrode and the pixel circuitry such that the first electrode is above a plane including the pixel circuitry. A surface of at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode at least partially overlaps the pixel circuitry and has a surface inflection above features of the pixel circuitry. The surface inflection has a radius of curvature greater than one half micron. | 11-07-2013 |
20130299702 | SYSTEM AND PLASTIC SCINTILLATOR FOR DISCRIMINATION OF THERMAL NEUTRON, FAST NEUTRON, AND GAMMA RADIATION - A scintillator material according to one embodiment includes a polymer matrix; a primary dye in the polymer matrix, the primary dye being a fluorescent dye, the primary dye being present in an amount of 3 wt % or more; and at least one component in the polymer matrix, the component being selected from a group consisting of B, Li, Gd, a B-containing compound, a Li-containing compound and a Gd-containing compound, wherein the scintillator material exhibits an optical response signature for thermal neutrons that is different than an optical response signature for fast neutrons and gamma rays. A system according to one embodiment includes a scintillator material as disclosed herein and a photodetector for detecting the response of the material to fast neutron, thermal neutron and gamma ray irradiation. | 11-14-2013 |
20130299703 | PHOTOMULTIPLIER AND DETECTION SYSTEMS - The invention provides a switchable photomultiplier switchable between a detecting state and a non-detecting state including a cathode upon which incident radiation is arranged to impinge. The photomultiplier also includes a series of dynodes arranged to amplify a current created at the cathode upon detection of photoradiation. The invention also provides a detection system arranged to detect radiation-emitting material in an object. The system includes a detector switchable between a detecting state in which the detector is arranged to detect radiation and a non-detecting state in which the detector is arranged to not detect radiation. The system further includes a controller arranged to control switching of the detector between the states such that the detector is switched to the non-detecting state whilst an external radiation source is irradiating the object. | 11-14-2013 |
20130306873 | RADIATION DETECTING PANEL - A radiation detecting panel is provided. This panel includes a substrate including a pixel region and a pad region, a scintillating layer configured to convert radiation into visible rays, a photoelectric device configured to convert the visible rays into currents in each pixel, a switching device configured to control output of the currents in each pixel; a plurality of bias lines configured to apply a bias voltage to the scintillating layer and the photoelectric device, a data line configured to be coupled to the switching device to transfer the currents, and a common bias line configured to transfer the bias voltage to the bias lines, wherein the common bias line and the bias lines are located on different layers. The data line and the bias lines are located on the same layer. | 11-21-2013 |
20130306874 | GARNET-TYPE CRYSTAL FOR SCINTILLATOR AND RADIATION DETECTOR USING THE SAME - The garnet-type crystal for a scintillator of the present invention is represented by General Formula (1), (2), or (3), | 11-21-2013 |
20130320217 | NEUTRON DETECTION DEVICE - The present invention is a neutron detection device comprising a neutron detection scintillator composed of a colquiriite-type fluoride single crystal, and a silicon photodiode, characterized in that the single crystal contains only Eu as a lanthanoid and contains 0.80 atom/nm | 12-05-2013 |
20130327945 | COMPOUND, SCINTILLATOR, AND RADIATION DETECTOR - There is provided a compound represented by the general formula Cs | 12-12-2013 |
20130327946 | Scintillator for Neutron Detection, and Neutron Radiation Detector - A novel scintillator for neutron detection is capable of increasing the probability of inducing a nuclear reaction using epithermal neutrons having higher energy than thermal neutrons as a result of increasing thickness in the direction of incidence of neutron radiation. A scintillator for neutron detection includes a colquiriite-type fluoride single crystal containing europium, containing 0.0025 mol % or more and less than 0.05 mol % europium, containing 0.80 atom/nm | 12-12-2013 |
20130341511 | CsLiLn HALIDE SCINTILLATOR - Li-containing scintillator compositions, as well as related structures and methods are described. Radiation detection systems and methods are described which include a Cs | 12-26-2013 |
20130341512 | POROUS SCINTILLATOR CRYSTAL - A porous scintillator crystal capable of suppressing scattering of light that represents a high spatial resolution is provided. The porous scintillator crystal comprises a porous structure including voids, wherein the porous structure is a phase-separated structure having voids formed therein and comprises materials constituting a eutectic composition of the phase-separated structure and at least one void in the porous structure extend in a direction perpendicular to a principal plane of the porous scintillator crystal. | 12-26-2013 |
20130341513 | SYNTHESIS OF ADVANCED SCINTILLATORS VIA VAPOR DEPOSITION TECHNIQUES - Transparent optical ceramic coating materials have been fabricated from europium-doped lutetium oxide (Lu | 12-26-2013 |
20140027646 | PLASTIC SCINTILLATOR WITH EFFECTIVE PULSE SHAPE DISCRIMINATION FOR NEUTRON AND GAMMA DETECTION - In one embodiment, a scintillator material includes a polymer matrix; and a primary dye in the polymer matrix, the primary dye being a fluorescent dye, the primary dye being present in an amount of 5 wt % or more; wherein the scintillator material exhibits an optical response signature for neutrons that is different than an optical response signature for gamma rays. In another embodiment, a scintillator material includes a polymer matrix; and a primary dye in the polymer matrix, the primary dye being a fluorescent dye, the primary dye being present in an amount greater than 10 wt %. | 01-30-2014 |
20140061481 | SCINTILLATOR PLATE AND RADIATION DETECTION PANEL - Problem: The object of the present invention is to provide a scintillator plate and a radiation detection panel demonstrating excellent light emission luminance while being limited to a thickness which maintains the sharpness required for image quality. | 03-06-2014 |
20140084167 | SCINTILLATOR AND RADIATION DETECTOR - Provided is a scintillator having a function of waveguiding scintillation light to a photodetector and having a structure for increasing an amount of absorption of radiation. The scintillator has a first surface and a second surface which are not located on a same surface, and includes: a first phase; and a second phase having a refractive index higher than that of the first phase and having a linear attenuation coefficient different from that of the first phase, in which one of the first phase and the second phase includes multiple columnar portions arranged in a direction from the first surface to the second surface, and the multiple columnar portions are stacked in a state in which end faces of the columnar portions are partly offset with respect to each other in a direction parallel to the first surface or the second surface. | 03-27-2014 |
20140091222 | Neutron Detection Apparatus Including A Gadolinium Yttrium Gallium Aluminum Garnet And Methods To Use Same - A neutron detection apparatus can include a scintillator having a formula of Gd | 04-03-2014 |
20140097345 | SCINTILLATION DETECTOR ASSEMBLY - A scintillation detector assembly sealed via a compression fit without the use of epoxy or other sealant is disclosed. The assembly includes a scintillator composition and a photomultiplier tube optically coupled to the scintillator. A hermetically sealed scintillator container assembly in accordance with the present disclosure includes a cup shaped container sized to receive and hold a scintillator composition. This container has an open end. A metal rim compressively forms a mechanical hermetic seal around a glass window placed over the open end to preclude moisture intrusion into the container and thus prevent exposure of the scintillator crystalline material to degrading moisture. The metal rim is in turn welded to the container. | 04-10-2014 |
20140103216 | RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS AND RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEM - The present invention provides a radiation detection apparatus including a first substrate member, a second substrate member, and a sealing portion configured to bond an edge portion of the first substrate member to an edge portion of the substrate member, one of the first substrate member and the second substrate member being a sensor panel including photoelectric conversion elements and the other being a scintillator panel including a scintillator layer, and the sealing portion including a first sealing resin having a first elastic modulus, a second sealing resin having a second elastic modulus lower than the first elastic modulus, a stress reduction portion configured to reduce a stress that acts on the first sealing resin and the second sealing resin and having a third elastic modulus lower than the second elastic modulus. | 04-17-2014 |
20140110586 | IMAGING DETECTOR AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN IMAGE DETECTOR - An image detector is disclosed, in particular for X-ray radiation. In an embodiment, the image detector includes a regular arrangement of image pixels including a plurality of detector pixels, wherein at least two of the detector pixels of an image pixel differ with regard to their sensitivity. | 04-24-2014 |
20140110587 | SCINTILLATOR HAVING A PHASE SEPARATION STRUCTURE AND RADIATION DETECTOR USING THE SAME - Provided is a scintillator used for radiation detection in an X-ray CT scanner or the like, the scintillator having a unidirectional phase separation structure having an optical waveguide function, which eliminates the need of formation of banks for preventing crosstalk. The scintillator has a waveguide function instead of the banks or the like. The scintillator includes: a first crystal phase including multiple columnar crystals having unidirectionality; and a second crystal phase for covering a side of the first crystal phase. The first crystal phase includes a perovskite type oxide material including at least one element selected from the group consisting of Lu and Gd, and a rare earth element as an emission center. The first crystal phase emits light by radiation excitation. | 04-24-2014 |
20140117242 | SCINTILLATION CRYSTAL INCLUDING A RARE EARTH HALIDE, AND A RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SCINTILLATION CRYSTAL - A scintillation crystal can include Ln | 05-01-2014 |
20140124674 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE CONVERSION PANEL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS - A radiological image conversion panel | 05-08-2014 |
20140175290 | RADIATION DETECTOR - A detector probe for detecting ionising radiation includes at least one detector ( | 06-26-2014 |
20140197319 | X-RAY LINE DETECTOR AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - An X-ray line detector includes a housing and a predefined number of carrier modules having the same width disposed in the housing. A one-piece printed circuit board, on which a photodiode is arranged, is attached to each carrier module. Each printed circuit board is wider than an active area of pixels constituting the photodiode and ascintillator element is attached to each photodiode. Each scintillator element has a length that exactly covers the active area in the width thereof plus an interspace between two adjacent pixels of a photodiode. The width of each carrier module is at most twice as great as the length of a scintillator element. The carrier modules are arranged in two rows in the housing such that the photodiodes of each row are opposite each other, the scintillator elements abut against each other upon contact, and mutually contacting scintillator elements are arranged in respectively opposite rows. | 07-17-2014 |
20140239183 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device which is highly stable to irradiation with radiations such as X-rays and can inhibit a decrease in electrical characteristics is provided. The imaging device obtains an image using radiations such as X-rays and includes pixel circuits which are arranged in a matrix and which a scintillator overlaps. Each of the pixel circuits includes a switching transistor whose off-state current is extremely low and a light-receiving element. A shielding layer formed using a metal material and the like overlaps the transistor and the light-receiving element. With the structure, an imaging device which is highly stable to irradiation with radiations such as X-rays and can inhibit a decrease in electrical characteristics can be provided. | 08-28-2014 |
20140246593 | Device For Reading Out Exposed Imaging Plates - A combined device for reading out and erasing imaging plages comprises an eraser disposed down-stream of a readout unit at a short distance thereof, said eraser being separated from the readout unit by a light barrier. | 09-04-2014 |
20140291528 | RADIATION SENSING THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE PANELS - A storage phosphor panel can include an extruded inorganic storage phosphor layer including a thermoplastic polyolefin and an inorganic storage phosphor material, where the extruded inorganic storage phosphor panel has a DQE comparable to that of a traditional extruded inorganic solvent coated inorganic storage phosphor screen. Also disclosed is an inorganic storage phosphor detection system including an extruded inorganic storage phosphor panel that can include an extruded inorganic storage phosphor layer including a thermoplastic olefin and an inorganic storage phosphor material; and photodetector(s) coupled to the extruded inorganic storage phosphor panel to detect photons generated from the extruded inorganic storage phosphor panel. Further disclosed is a method of making an extruded inorganic storage phosphor panel that can include providing thermoplastic particles including at least one thermoplastic polyolefin and an inorganic storage phosphor material; and melt extruding the thermoplastic particles to form an extruded inorganic storage phosphor layer. | 10-02-2014 |
20140353508 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE CONVERSION PANEL AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE DETECTOR - An object of the invention is to provide radiographic image conversion panels which realize high levels of brightness and sharpness when used as scintillator panels and which also ensure sufficient strength resisting pressure applied in the film thickness direction. A radiographic image conversion panel of the invention includes a support and a scintillator layer disposed on the support. The scintillator layer includes a plurality of columnar crystals containing a phosphor. The plurality of columnar crystals have root portions, and the root portions are spaced apart from one another. | 12-04-2014 |
20140353509 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE DETECTION DEVICE - Disclosed is a radiographic image detection device which prevents electrostatic charging without causing absorption loss of radiation. The radiographic image detection device has a solid-state detector | 12-04-2014 |
20140374606 | Detector Arrangement for the Detection of Ionizing Radiation and Method for Operating Such a Detector Arrangement - A detector arrangement ( | 12-25-2014 |
20150014544 | Integrated Coupling Of Scintillation Crystal With Photomultiplier In A Detector Apparatus - A scintillator type radiation detector package is provided including a scintillation crystal directly coupled to the window of a photomultiplier. A scintillator package is also provided having a longer life at wellbore temperature with minimal deterioration of a hygroscopic scintillation crystal(s). Direct optical coupling of the scintillator to the photomultiplier reduces the amount of light lost at coupling interfaces and improved detection resolution over the conventional structures having separate packages for crystal and photomultiplier. | 01-15-2015 |
20150021484 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE DETECTOR - The invention provides radiographic image detectors in which a scintillator layer itself exhibits improved flexibility and is prevented from crystal breakage while the scintillator layer and a photoelectric conversion element are bonded to each other via uniform thickness without forming defects. | 01-22-2015 |
20150021485 | SOLID SCINTILLATOR, RADIATION DETECTOR, AND RADIATION EXAMINATION DEVICE - A solid scintillator in an embodiment includes a polycrystal body of an oxide having a garnet structure. In the solid scintillator, a linear transmittance at a wavelength of 680 nm is 10% or more. The oxide constituting the solid scintillator has a composition represented by, for Example, General formula: (Gd | 01-22-2015 |
20150028217 | LITHIUM-CONTAINING SCINTILLATORS FOR THERMAL NEUTRON, FAST NEUTRON, AND GAMMA DETECTION - In one embodiment, a scintillator includes a scintillator material; a primary fluor, and a Li-containing compound, where the Li-containing compound is soluble in the primary fluor, and where the scintillator exhibits an optical response signature for thermal neutrons that is different than an optical response signature for fast neutrons and gamma rays. | 01-29-2015 |
20150060675 | IMAGING DEVICE - To provide an imaging device that is highly stable when exposed to radiation such as X-rays. The imaging device includes a substrate, a pixel circuit, and a scintillator which are stacked in order. The pixel circuit includes a light-receiving element and a circuit portion electrically connected to the light-receiving element. The substrate is provided with a heater. A transistor in the pixel circuit is heated by the passage of a current through the heater at times other than imaging, thus, degradation of the electrical characteristics of the transistor due to X-ray irradiation can be recovered. | 03-05-2015 |
20150090886 | SCINTILLATOR CRYSTAL AND RADIATION DETECTOR - A scintillator crystal includes a plurality of first crystal phases and a second crystal phase located around the plurality of the first crystal phases, in which each of the plurality of the first crystal phases contains a sulfate, the second crystal phase contains an alkali halide that emits light by irradiation with radiation, and the refractive index of each of the first crystal phases is lower than the refractive index of the second crystal phase. | 04-02-2015 |
20150115161 | Imaging Apparatus, An Aperture For The Imaging Apparatus And A Method For Manufacturing An Aperture Of An Imaging Apparatus - The invention is an imaging apparatus comprising a detector device ( | 04-30-2015 |
20150129771 | METHOD FOR PREPARING BISMUTH IODIDE ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RADIATION DETECTING ELEMENT - A method for preparing a bismuth iodide article includes heat-treating bismuth iodide at a temperature less than the melting point of bismuth iodide in an atmosphere containing iodine. | 05-14-2015 |
20150293235 | FAST, HIGH-RATE, POSITION-SENSITIVE ABSOLUTE DOSIMETER FOR ION BEAM THERAPY - A gas scintillation detector is designed to provide in-beam absolute dose monitoring for ion beam radiotherapy treatments employing spot or raster beam scanning, especially with microsecond-scale beam pulses. Detection of prompt primary scintillation light emitted by gas molecules excited by beam passage provides electronic signals that can be processed to yield output data proportional to delivered dose up to high dose rates, and that appear quickly enough to provide feedback to influence real-time beam intensity adjustments for subsequent steps in the beam scan. When the scintillation light is collected in multiple photo-detectors, the invention is furthermore capable of measuring spot beam position with spatial resolutions of order one millimeter. | 10-15-2015 |
20150301198 | DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY DETECTOR - Described is a scintillator screen including a plurality of filaments. Each of the plurality of filaments includes scintillating particles dispersed within a thermoplastic polymer. The thermoplastic polymer includes an elastic additive. The scintillating particles are from about 10 volume percent to about 60 volume percent of each of the plurality of filaments. Each of the plurality of filaments has a refractive index of greater than or equal to 1.5. The plurality of filaments are substantially parallel to each other and are at a volume packing of from about 60 percent to about 90 percent. | 10-22-2015 |
20150346358 | RADIATION IMAGE DETECTING DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides a radiation image detecting device which suppresses occurrence of image irregularities and reduction of sharpness by joining a planar light-receiving device and a scintillator panel so that the distance between the planar light-receiving device and the scintillator panel via an adhesive layer is uniform in plane. The present invention also provides a process for producing the radiation image detecting device. The radiation image detecting device includes, in order, a scintillator panel including a support and a scintillator layer on the support, the scintillator layer having a film-thickness distribution; an adhesive layer; and a planar light-receiving device. In the radiation image detecting device, at least one of the support and the planar light-receiving device bends, so that the scintillator panel and the planar light-receiving device are arranged in plane via the adhesive layer at uniform distance. | 12-03-2015 |
20150346360 | CRYSTAL MATERIAL, RADIATION DETECTOR, IMAGING APPARATUS, NONDESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION APPARATUS, AND LIGHTING APPARATUS - A crystal material represented by a general formula (1): (Gd | 12-03-2015 |
20150362600 | Scintillation Detection Device with Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Interfaces - A scintillator device includes an optically clear substrate, a scintillator plastic layer overlying the optically clear substrate, and an optically clear polymer layer between the optically clear substrate and the scintillator plastic layer. The optically clear polymer layer can mechanically and optically couple the scintillator plastic layer to the optically clear substrate. Further, the clear polymer layer can be configured to substantially reduce the formation of cracks in the scintillator plastic layer due to thermal expansion, thermal contraction, or a combination thereof, of the scintillator device. | 12-17-2015 |
20150369931 | RADIATION DETECTING APPARATUS - A radiation detecting apparatus includes a radiation detector including a scintillator for converting radiation that has passed through a subject into visible light, and a substantially rectangular shaped photoelectric transducer board for converting the visible light into radiographic image information, and a casing housing the radiation detector therein. The casing is of a substantially rectangular shape and includes an upper plate, a lower plate, and a frame interconnecting the upper plate and the lower plate. The frame has a recess defined therein, which faces and is spaced from a corner of the photoelectric transducer board, the recess being concave in a direction away from the corner. | 12-24-2015 |
20150378031 | VISIBLE SCINTILLATION PHOTODETECTOR DEVICE INCORPORATING CHALCOPYRITE SEMICONDUCTOR CRYSTALS - A photodetector device, including: a scintillator material operable for receiving incident radiation and emitting photons in response; a photodetector material coupled to the scintillator material operable for receiving the photons emitted by the scintillator material and generating a current in response, wherein the photodetector material includes a chalcopyrite semiconductor crystal; and a circuit coupled to the photodetector material operable for characterizing the incident radiation based on the current generated by the photodetector material. Optionally, the scintillator material includes a gamma scintillator material and the incident radiation received includes gamma rays. Optionally, the photodetector material is further operable for receiving thermal neutrons and generating a current in response. The circuit is further operable for characterizing the thermal neutrons based on the current generated by the photodetector material. | 12-31-2015 |
20160002529 | SCINTILLATION COMPOUND INCLUDING A RARE EARTH ELEMENT AND A PROCESS OF FORMING THE SAME - A scintillation compound can include a rare earth element that is in a divalent (RE | 01-07-2016 |
20160018535 | RADIATION DETECTOR - The present invention relates to a radiation detector including a scintillator configured to emit light based on absorption of radiation, and a light detection unit configured to detect the light emitted from the scintillator. The light detection unit includes a top electrode, a plurality of n-type doped layers, a first intrinsic layer, a p-type doped layer, and a lower electrode. | 01-21-2016 |
20160041270 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME THREE DIMENSIONAL DOSIMETRY - A system for determining a radiation dose in real time can include at least one three-dimensional target object to be exposed to ionizing radiation. The at least one target object may include a scintillating gel material. The scintillating gel material may emit light when exposed to the ionizing radiation. An imaging system may be configured to capture at least a first image of the target object from a first position, and a second image of the target object from a second position relative to the target object. A controller may be connected to the imaging system and may be configured to the process the first and second images to provide a three-dimensional dose distribution in real-time. | 02-11-2016 |
20160041272 | RADIOGRAPH DETECTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A radiograph detector includes: a fluorescent layer, a bonding layer, and a light detector disposed in this order, wherein the fluorescent layer includes fluorescent particles, first binder resin, and second binder resin, and the second binder resin contains a binder polymer identical to a bonding layer forming polymer contained in the bonding layer. | 02-11-2016 |
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20160070005 | PHOTON-COUNTING X-RAY CT APPARATUS AND PHOTON-COUNTING X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - A photon-counting X-ray computed tomography (CT) apparatus of an embodiment includes photon-counting CT detection circuitry, integral CT detection circuitry, switching circuitry, and a feedback capacitance. Photon-counting CT detection circuitry outputs count values for respective energy bins, based on voltage pulses output from a feedback capacitance with electric charges output from an X-ray detection element configured to detect incident X-rays. Integral CT detection circuitry outputs an integral value, based on the voltage pulses output from the feedback capacitance with the electric charges output from the X-ray detection element. Switching circuitry switches between a case of transmitting the electric charges output from the X-ray detection element to the photon-counting CT detection circuitry and a case of transmitting the electric charges output from the X-ray detection element to the integral CT detection circuitry. The feedback capacitance is connected with the photon-counting CT detection circuitry and the integral CT detection circuitry in parallel. | 03-10-2016 |
20160091616 | RADIATION DETECTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to the embodiment, a radiation detector includes an array substrate including a photoelectric conversion element, a scintillator layer formed on the photoelectric conversion element and converting radiation to fluorescence, and a moisture-proof layer including a surface-smoothing layer which is a continuous film formed to cover the scintillator layer and including at least an organic resin material as a main component and a moisture-proof layer which is a continuous film formed on a surface of the smoothed layer by direct film formation and consisting from inorganic material. | 03-31-2016 |
20160102247 | PLASTIC SCINTILLATORS WITH HIGH LOADING OF ONE OR MORE METAL CARBOXYLATES - According to one embodiment, a method includes incorporating a metal carboxylate complex into a polymeric matrix to form an optically transparent material. According to another embodiment, a material includes at least one metal carboxylate complex incorporated into a polymeric matrix, where the material is optically transparent. | 04-14-2016 |
20160109585 | Radiation Survey Process - A method for determining a radionuclide concentration of a material is provided. The method comprises placing the material to be analyzed into a vessel, wherein the material comprises a radionuclide, wherein the material has a known volume, and wherein the vessel has a fixed geometry. The method further comprises weighing the material to be analyzed and measuring the moisture content of the material to be analyzed. The method additionally comprises placing a protective structure in the material and placing a detector in the protective structure, wherein the detector is coupled to a single-channel analyzer. The method also comprises counting the emitted radiation having a known energy over an interval of time to produce a count per time, wherein the emitted radiation is emitted from the radionuclide and then dividing the count per time by the weight of the material to produce a count per time per weight. | 04-21-2016 |
20160109586 | RADIATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE - In a radiation measurement device in which respective wave height values of voltage pulses from a radiation detector are made to correspond to radiation energy values and a count that is the number of the voltage pulses is separately generated for each of a plurality of channels corresponding to the wave height values so that a wave height spectrum is generated and a dose of a radiation that has entered the radiation detector is calculated based on the wave height spectrum, based on a count in at least one channel, out of the plurality of channels, that includes a lower limit within a measurement range for the radiation energy value, a dose is corrected by calculating a portion thereof neglected as what is the same as or smaller than a measurement limit, so that a dose of a radiation that has entered the radiation detector is calculated. | 04-21-2016 |
20160116607 | RADIATION DETECTOR, SCINTILLATOR PANEL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to the embodiment, a radiation detector includes a photoelectric conversion substrate converting light to an electrical signal and a scintillator layer being in contact with the photoelectric conversion substrate and converting externally incident radiation to light. The scintillator layer is made of a phosphor containing Tl as an activator in CsI, which is a halide. A concentration of the activator in the phosphor is 1.6 mass %±0.4 mass %, and a concentration distribution of the activator in an in-plane direction and a film thickness direction is within ±15%. | 04-28-2016 |
20160124095 | SCINTILLATOR PANEL AND RADIATION DETECTOR - A scintillator panel includes a scintillator layer that includes a phosphor including columnar crystals in which an X-ray rocking curve of a specific plane index measured by applying an X-ray to a columnar crystal growth ending surface after cutting to have a thickness of 5 μm from a columnar crystal growth starting surface has a half-width (a) of equal to or less than 15 degrees, an X-ray rocking curve of the specific plane index measured by applying an X-ray to the columnar crystal growth ending surface without cutting has a half-width (b) of equal to or less than 15 degrees, and a ratio (a/b) is within a range of from 0.5 to 2.0. The scintillator panel can provide radiation images having higher sharpness. | 05-05-2016 |
20160128651 | RADIATION DETECTION MODULE AND RADIATION DETECTION UNIT - A radiation detection module for a CT device that detects radiation includes a detecting section configured to detect radiation, a processing section configured to process a signal from the detecting section, and a heat radiating member thermally coupled to the processing section and configured to dissipate heat generated by the processing section. The heat radiating member has a plurality of fins. The plurality of fins is spaced apart from each other in a first direction along a slice direction of the CT device. Each of the plurality of fins has a plate shape extending so as to intersect the first direction. | 05-12-2016 |
20160131770 | DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY DETECTOR - Described is a scintillator screen including a plurality of filaments. Each of the plurality of filaments includes scintillating particles dispersed within a thermoplastic polymer. The thermoplastic polymer includes an elastic additive. The scintillating particles are from about 10 volume percent to about 60 volume percent of each of the plurality of filaments. Each of the plurality of filaments has a refractive index of greater than or equal to 1.5. The plurality of filaments are substantially parallel to each other and are at a volume packing of from about 60 percent to about 90 percent. | 05-12-2016 |
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20160154124 | DETECTOR UNIT FOR DETECTOR ARRAY OF RADIATION IMAGING MODALITY | 06-02-2016 |
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20100320389 | RADIATION DETECTOR AND TOMOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A radiation detector according to this invention has a first reflector frame and a second reflector frame. Each of scintillation counter crystals is inserted in a direction through the first reflector frame and the second reflector frame, whereby two or more scintillation counter crystals are arranged in a first direction and a second direction to form a scintillation counter crystal layer. A position of the first reflector frame provided in the scintillation counter crystal layer differs from a position of the second reflector frame provided in the scintillation counter crystal layer. With such construction, the radiation detector may be provided of significantly suppressed manufacturing costs without reducing spatial resolution and detecting sensitivity. | 12-23-2010 |
20150041661 | RADIATION DETECTOR SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND RADIATION DETECTOR PROVIDED THEREWITH - Disclosed is a radiation detector signal processor that allows accurate identification of a variation in fluorescence detection intensity. With a construction of the disclosure, the variation is obtainable in accordance with detection data (a peak value) of fluorescence and a specified number of light spread indicating how the fluorescence generated in a scintillator spreads spatially until reaching each of detecting elements. Such a construction allows accurate obtainment of the variation in the radiation detector in which the fluorescence is detected with a plurality of light detecting elements while spreading. A radiation detector is adjusted in accordance with the variation, achieving more accurate positional identification by the radiation detector. | 02-12-2015 |
20160054224 | Mass Spectrometer Detector Using Optically Active Membrane - A detector suitable for mass spectroscopy uses a thin membrane that converts the kinetic energy of impinging molecules into corresponding photons, the latter detected with a suitable photosensor. The arrival of molecules at the membrane is detected by detection of the corresponding photons. | 02-25-2016 |