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| 20080210877 | Double Decker Detector For Spectral Ct - A radiation detector ( | 09-04-2008 |
| 20090008564 | Modular X-Ray Detector With Single Photon Counting, Energy Sensitivity And Integration Capabilities - Indirectly converted X-ray radiation is detected by a sensor system having a plurality of detector modules arranged with individual pedestals in a staggered configuration. Each detector module has a plurality of scintillator-diode combinations associated with respective electrical circuits for concurrent single photon counting and charge-integration. Each electrical circuit includes at least two counters and an integrator that act cooperatively to provide the concurrent single photon counting and charge-integration. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090026375 | Monolithic Scintillators With Optical Fiber Read-Out - A scintillation detector according to an embodiment of the invention features a monolithic scintillation crystal and a plurality of optical fibers coupled to the scintillation crystal. The optical fibers are arranged to convey scintillation light to an optical sensor that is located exterior to the scintillation crystal. Because the optical fibers are extremely small in diameter, a multiplicity of them can be coupled to the scintillation crystal to provide the extremely high resolution of a pixelated scintillation crystal while the comparative manufacturing simplicity of a monolithic scintillation crystal is maintained. In preferred embodiments, the optical fibers are further arranged so that depth of interaction information can be obtained. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090039270 | LARGE-AREA ALPHA-PARTICLE DETECTOR AND METHOD FOR USE - A method and detector for detecting particle emissions from a test sample includes positioning a detector over the test sample, wherein the detector includes a plurality of detection units, wherein each detection unit includes a first silicon detector and a barrier layer removably disposed over the first silicon detector. The method includes generating a first current signal in the silicon detector in response to receiving a first particle emitted from an atom of the test sample by the silicon detector of the first detection unit, and responsive to a recoiling daughter nuclide of the atom striking the barrier layer of the first detection unit, the recoiling daughter nuclide resulting from emission of the first particle from the atom, absorbing the recoiling daughter nuclide by the barrier layer of the first detection unit. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090108207 | CMOS Sensor Adapted for Dental X-Ray Imaging - An image sensor and a method for using the same to capture an x-ray image are disclosed. The image sensor includes an output bus, a two dimensional array of pixel sensors that receives light from a layer of scintillation material and a controller. Each pixel sensor includes a capacitor, a plurality of light sensors, a charge converter and a transfer gate. Each of the light sensors includes a photodiode and a photodiode transfer gate that connects the photodiode to the capacitor. During readout, the charge on selected ones of the photodiodes is transferred to the capacitor. The charge on the capacitor is converted to a signal that is coupled to the output bus through the transfer gate by the controller. The number of photodiodes that are connected to the capacitor during the readout can be controlled to assure that the charge converter does not saturate. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20100001193 | RADIATION DETECTORS AND RELATED METHODS - A method includes detecting a neutron based on a time proximity of a first signal and a second signal. The first signal indicates detection of at least one of a neutron and a gamma ray. The second signal indicates detection of a gamma ray. The method further includes measuring an amount of detected gamma rays, for example, an amount different from an amount detected and associated with the second signal. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100006763 | Detector System with Positioning System - Provided is a detector module for measuring one or more types of radiation, in particular X-ray, gamma ray, or nuclear particle radiation, comprising a detection unit, an analog-to-digital converter, an information processing device, and a memory device for storing the position of the detector module. The detector module comprises at least one light-emitting diode (LED), optically connected with the detection unit for stabilizing the detector unit. Further, the invention provides a stanchion, in particular a portable stanchion, whereby the stanchion comprises a inventive detector module. Yet further, a (wireless) network of detector modules is provided, whereby each detector module is mounted within a stanchion. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100084564 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus for x-rays includes a scintillator, overlying an array of imaging pixels on a substrate, and at least one trigger pixel array externally peripheral to the array of imaging pixels on the substrate such that the trigger pixel array is not substantially overshadowed by the scintillator from incident x-ray radiation. A layer substantially impervious to light but transparent to x-rays overlays the trigger pixel array, such that the trigger pixels are unresponsive to light but triggered by direct hits from incident x-ray photons. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100090115 | DUAL RADIATION DETECTOR - A radiation detection apparatus and method, the apparatus ( | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100116995 | RADIATION DETECTOR HAVING A SPLIT LAMINATE OPTICAL COUPLING - A radiation-sensitive detector ( | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100140487 | X-RAY DETECTOR INCLUDING SCINTILLATOR, A LENS ARRAY, AND AN IMAGE INTENSIFIER - An X-ray detection device including a scintillator configured to convert gamma rays or X-rays into optical radiation, an optical image intensifier configured to intensify the optical radiation to generate intensified optical radiation, an optical coupling system configured to guide the intensified optical radiation, and a solid state detector configured to detect the intensified optical radiation to generate an interaction image representing an X-ray energy emission and to perform photon counting based on data of the interaction image. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100163737 | RADIATION DETECTOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RADIATION DETECTOR, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUPPORTING SUBSTRATE - Disclosed is a radiation detector characterized by comprising a scintillator layer formed on one side of a supporting substrate and composed of a phosphor converting radiation into visible light, a plurality of transparent electrodes formed in a matrix on the other side of the supporting substrate, a photoelectric conversion layer formed on the transparent electrodes and containing an organic semiconductor material, and an upper electrode formed on the organic semiconductor layer. This radiation detector is further characterized in that collector elements for focusing visible light emitted from the scintillator layer irradiated with radiation on the organic semiconductor layer are embedded in a matrix in the supporting substrate at positions facing the transparent electrodes. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100163738 | RADIATION DETECTOR, LIGHT DETECTOR ARRANGEMENT, PRODUCTION METHOD AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An embodiment of the invention relates to a radiation detector which includes a plurality of radiation detector modules arranged adjacent to one another with in each case one scintillation element with a radiation inlet surface aligned transversely with respect to a main direction of a radiation, and light detector arrangements arranged transversely with respect to the radiation inlet surfaces of the scintillation elements. In the process of at least one embodiment, one light detector arrangement is arranged between two scintillation elements and has two light inlet surfaces which point away from one another, of which one is associated with a first scintillation element and one is associated with a second scintillation element. Furthermore, at least one embodiment of the invention relates to a light detector arrangement, a production method for a radiation detector according to at least one embodiment of the invention and/or an imaging system. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100171038 | SENSOR UNIT FOR AN X-RAY DETECTOR AND ASSOCIATED PRODUCTION METHOD - A production method for a sensor unit is specified, the unit including both a scintillator and a support plate on which a stack of collimator sheets is attached. In at least one embodiment, the production method permits particularly precise positioning of the collimator sheets in respect of the scintillator. In the process, individual scintillator strips are initially produced from a plurality of scintillator pixels adjoining one another along one dimension. Respectively one photodiode strip, made of a plurality of photodiodes in turn adjoining one another along one dimension, is attached to each of the individual scintillator strips along a longitudinal side in order to form a sensor strip. In at least one embodiment, respectively one photodiode is associated with respectively one scintillator pixel for readout purposes. The sensor strips are subsequently individually assembled on an outer side of the support plate facing away from the collimator sheets in order to form the scintillator. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100193691 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF RADIATION DETECTING APPARATUS, AND RADIATION DETECTING APPARATUS AND RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM - The object of the invention is to realize a light radiation-detecting apparatus including a step of preparing a matrix array including a substrate, an insulating layer arranged on the substrate, a plurality of pixels arranged on the insulating layer, wherein the pixel includes a conversion element converting an incident radiation into an electric signal, and connection electrode arranged at a periphery of the plurality of pixels, fixing a flexible supporting member for covering the plurality of pixels to the matrix array at a side opposite to the substrate, and releasing the substrate from the matrix array. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100193692 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid state imaging device | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100200760 | RADIATION DETECTOR WITH A STACK OF SCINTILLATOR ELEMENTS AND PHOTODIODE ARRAYS - The invention relates to a radiation detector and a method for producing such a detector, wherein the detector comprises a stack of the scintillator elements and photodiode arrays. The PDAs extend with electrical leads into a rigid body filling a border volume lateral of the scintillator elements, wherein said leads end in a contact surface of the border volume. Moreover, a redistribution layer is disposed on the contact surface, wherein electrical lines of the redistribution layer contact the leads of the PDAs. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100207030 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, RADIATION IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND RADIATION IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - The invention provides an image pickup apparatus which is provided with plural light receiving areas arranged two-dimensionally, and a vertical scanning circuit composed of plural unit circuit stages arranged in the vertical direction and a horizontal scanning circuit composed of plural unit circuit stages arranged in the horizontal direction, for selecting and reading the plural light receiving areas in succession and in which the vertical scanning circuit and the horizontal scanning circuit are arranged in spaces between the light receiving areas, wherein a crossing area of the vertical scanning circuit and the horizontal scanning circuit, in a space between the light receiving areas, is divided into two areas, and at least a unit circuit of the horizontal scanning circuit is provided in one of the two areas while at least a unit circuit of the vertical scanning circuit is provided in the other of the two areas, or an image pickup apparatus which is provided with plural light receiving areas arranged two-dimensionally, and a vertical scanning circuit composed of plural unit circuit stages arranged in the vertical direction and a horizontal scanning circuit composed of plural unit circuit stages arranged in the horizontal direction, for selecting and reading the plural light receiving areas in succession and in which the vertical scanning circuit and the horizontal scanning circuit are arranged in spaces between the light receiving areas, wherein the unit circuits of the vertical scanning circuit and/or the unit circuits of the horizontal scanning circuit are arranged at a constant pitch. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100219349 | RADIATION DETECTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Disclosed is a multi-channel array radiation detector that can provide high-definition and high-resolution CT photo-images. The radiation detector has semiconductor photo-detecting elements arranged lengthwise and breadth-wise in a lattice manner and scintillator elements arranged on them one-to-one. The scintillator elements have thin metal light-reflecting material layers formed on side surfaces of the scintillator elements, and a radiation shielding material layer composed of resin blended with heavy metal element particles is filled in between adjacent metal light-reflecting material layers. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100224783 | HIGH PERFORMANCE NEUTRON DETECTOR WITH NEAR ZERO GAMMA CROSS TALK - A scintillator system is provided to detect the presence of fissile material and radioactive material. One or more neutron detectors are based on 6LiF mixed in a binder medium with scintillator material, and are optically coupled to one or more wavelength shifting fiber optic light guide media that have a tapered portion extending from the scintillator material to guide light from the scintillator material to a photosensor at the tapered portion. An electrical output of the photosensor is connected to an input of a first pre-amp circuit designed to operate close to a pulse shape and duration of a light pulse from the scintillator material, without signal distortion. The scintillator material includes a set of scintillation layers connected to the wavelength shifting fiber optic light guide media that guide light to the photosensor. Moderator material is applied around the set of scintillation layers increasing detector efficiency. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100230604 | Photodiode and Photodiode Array with Improved Performance Characteristics - The present invention is a photodiode and/or photodiode array, having a p+ diffused area that is smaller than the area of a mounted scintillator crystal, designed and manufactured with improved device characteristics, and more particularly, has relatively low dark current, low capacitance and improved signal-to-noise ratio characteristics. More specifically, the present invention is a photodiode and/or photodiode array that includes a metal shield for reflecting light back into a scintillator crystal, thus allowing for a relatively small p+ diffused area. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100294942 | RADIATION DETECTING APPARATUS AND RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM - A radiation detecting apparatus capable of obtaining good images including decreased noises includes a plurality of pixels, each having a photoelectric conversion element for converting an incident radiation into an electric signal and a a first switch element connected to the photoelectric conversion element and a second switch element being not connected to the conversion element; a first signal line; a second signal line; and a drive line, wherein the first switch element has a first main electrode connected electrically to the first signal line, a second main electrode connected electrically to the photoelectric conversion element, and a gate electrode connected electrically to the drive line, the second switch element has a first main electrode connected to the second signal line and a gate electrode connected electrically to the drive wiring common to the first switch element, and a differential means for outputting a signal corresponding to a difference between outputs from the first and second switch elements. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100301221 | GAMMA RAY DETECTOR AND GAMMA RAY RECONSTRUCTION METHOD - Provided are a gamma ray detector and a gamma ray reconstruction method which can be used in SPECT and PET and which combine and reconstruct the information on “Compton-scattered” gamma rays, thereby remarkably increasing gamma ray detection sensitivity, decreasing the amount of a radioactive substance given to a subject, and remarkably reducing the concern about the amount of radiation exposure. The gamma ray detector comprises an absorber scintillator | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100320391 | 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. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110001051 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS - A photodiode comprising: a first semiconductor layer having a first conductivity type; a second semiconductor layer having a second conductivity type that is opposite to the first conductivity type of the first semiconductor layer; and a third semiconductor layer interposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, wherein an edge of the first semiconductor layer is inset from an edge of the second semiconductor layer. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110012020 | X-RAY DETECTOR AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - An X-ray detector for detecting X-ray comprises a photodetector and a scintillator layer formed of a fluorescent material coated on a light receiving surface of the photodetector, the fluorescent material converting X-ray into light. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110024639 | Gadolinium-Doped Water Cerenkov-Based Neutron and High Energy Gamma-Ray Detector and Radiation Portal Monitoring System - A water Cerenkov-based neutron and high energy gamma ray detector and radiation portal monitoring system using water doped with a Gadolinium (Gd)-based compound as the Cerenkov radiator. An optically opaque enclosure is provided surrounding a detection chamber filled with the Cerenkov radiator, and photomultipliers are optically connected to the detect Cerenkov radiation generated by the Cerenkov radiator from incident high energy gamma rays or gamma rays induced by neutron capture on the Gd of incident neutrons from a fission source. The PMT signals are then used to determine time correlations indicative of neutron multiplicity events characteristic of a fission source. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110036986 | IMAGE SENSOR, IMAGE-SENSING APPARATUS USING THE IMAGE SENSOR, AND IMAGE-SENSING SYSTEM - An image sensor has a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a photoelectric converter and a pixel circuit for processing signals from the photoelectric converter and outputting processed signals and a scanning circuit, disposed between the photoelectric converters, included in each of at least two adjacent pixels among a plurality of pixels aligned in a single direction. An edge pixel accommodates, in order from an edge of the image sensor toward an interior, a predetermined empty region, a photoelectric converter and a pixel circuit. There is at least one position at which two adjacent pixels, the first of the two pixels accommodating, in order, a pixel circuit, a photoelectric converter and predetermined empty region, the second accommodating, in order, a predetermined empty region, a photoelectric converter and a pixel circuit. The scanning circuit is disposed in the predetermined empty region between the two adjacent pixels. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110073765 | PORTABLE RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - A portable radiographic image capturing device has: an image capturing unit at which is provided a radiation surface onto which radiation is irradiated at a time of capturing a radiographic image, and that captures a radiographic image expressed by radiation irradiated onto the radiation surface, and that incorporates therein a radiation detector that outputs electric signals expressing a captured radiographic image; and a control unit that is connected to the image capturing unit, and that incorporates therein a controller that controls image capturing operations of the radiation detector, and that can be changed between an expanded state in which the radiation surface is exposed to an exterior and a housed state in which the control unit covers the radiation surface. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110095191 | RADIATION DETECTOR - In an X-ray line sensor | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110114845 | GAMMA RAY DETECTOR ELEMENTS WITH VARIABLE LIGHT GUIDE THICKNESS - A gamma ray detector module that includes at least one crystal element arranged in a plane, a plurality of light sensors arranged to cover the at least one crystal element and to receive light emitted from the at least one crystal element, and a light guide arranged between the at least one crystal element and the light sensors, the light guide being optically connected to the at least one crystal element. Further, the light guide includes a narrow portion that positions at least one light sensor of the plurality of light sensors closer to the at least one crystal element than other light sensors of the plurality of light sensors. In addition, the light guide may include an angled recessed portion that positions another light sensor at an oblique tilt angle with respect to the plane of the at least one crystal element. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110133092 | DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHIC DETECTOR WITH BONDED PHOSPHOR LAYER - A digital radiographic detector has a scintillator element having a particulate phosphor dispersed within a binder composition, wherein the binder composition is a pressure-sensitive adhesive, wherein the particulate phosphor emits light corresponding to a level of incident radiation. There is an array of photosensors wherein each photosensor in the array is energizable to provide an output signal indicative of the level of emitted light that is received. The scintillator element bonds directly to, and in optical contact with, either the array of photosensors or an array of optical fibers that guide light to the array of photosensors. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110133093 | DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHIC DETECTOR WITH BONDED PHOSPHOR LAYER - A digital radiographic detector having a radiation sensing element with a particulate material dispersed within a binder composition, wherein the binder composition includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive, wherein the particulate material, upon receiving radiation of a first energy level, is excitable to emit radiation of a second energy level, either spontaneously or in response to a stimulating energy of a third energy level. There is an array of photosensors, each photosensor in the array energizable to provide an output signal indicative of the level of emitted radiation of the second energy level that is received. The radiation sensing element bonds directly to, and in optical contact with, either the array of photosensors or an array of optical fibers that guide light to the array of photosensors. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110147596 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND RADIATION DETECTION DEVICE - A photoelectric conversion device is provided and includes: a photoelectric conversion panel in which light detection portions each having a charge storage portion storing light as electric charges are two-dimensionally arranged; a reading control unit that reads the electric charges stored in the charge storage portions of the photoelectric conversion panel for each reading signal line; and a reset unit that is connected to the reading signal lines and discharges residual charges of the charge storage portions for each reading signal line. The reading control unit and the reset unit are arranged at different end portions of the photoelectric conversion panel. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110163239 | CT Scanning and Contraband Detection - CT scanning of transportation containers is performed by generating X-rays at various points at the opposite sides of the containers, detecting the X-rays passing through the containers, and analyzing the data received to determine the presence of contraband. The X-rays are generated by modulating a magnetic field through which a high-energy electron beam passes to deflect the beam successively to different targets positioned around the sides of the container, while the electron beam source remains stationary. The X-rays are detected by an array of cells using X-ray responsive storage phosphor material to emit light which is sent to analyzing and comparing equipment. The targets and detectors and the cargo container are moved relative to one another to scan a selected volume of the container. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110210257 | Fluorescence Detector for Microfluidic Diagnostic System - The present technology provides for an fluorescent detector that is configured to detect light emitted for a probe characteristic of a polynucleotide. The polynucleotide is undergoing amplification in a microfluidic channel with which the detector is in optical communication. The detector is configured to detect minute quantities of polynucleotide, such as would be contained in a microfluidic volume. The detector can also be multiplexed to permit multiple concurrent measurements on multiple polynucleotides concurrently. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110240867 | PARTICLE RADIOTHERAPY APPARATUS - In order to provide a particle radiotherapy apparatus with high sensitivity for detecting annihilation radiation pairs, an elliptic detector ring of a particle radiotherapy apparatus according to this invention makes rotating movement relative to a top board. Specifically, with rotation about a base axis of a first ring and a second ring, the elliptic detector ring makes rotating movement in a state of being tilted relative to the first ring. Incidentally, the elliptic detector ring cannot be disposed in a position to interfere with travel of this particle beam. According to the construction of this invention, the elliptic detector ring is tilted relative to the top board, and besides makes rotating movement relative to the top board. Since the elliptic detector ring can be moved away from the particle beam by rotating the elliptic detector ring, it is possible to provide the particle radiotherapy apparatus which can detect annihilation radiation while emitting the particle beam. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110278464 | RADIATION DETECTOR AND FABRICATION PROCESS - A monolithic integrated radiation detector includes a photodetector and a scintillator deposited directly on the photodetector. Preferably the photodetector is silicon and the scintillator is a rare earth phosphor. The rare earth phosphor is crystal lattice matched to the silicon by a transitional layer epitaxially grown therebetween. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110291017 | ADVANCED TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION AND CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR SINGLE PHOTON COUNTERS - A PET scanner ( | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110315886 | RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS AND RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM - A radiation detection apparatus comprising semiconductor substrates each having a first surface on which a photoelectric conversion portion is formed and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a scintillator layer, placed over the first surfaces of the semiconductor substrates, for converting radiation into light; and an elastic member, placed between a base and the second surfaces, for supporting the second surfaces of the semiconductor substrates such that the first surfaces of the semiconductor substrates are flush with each other is provided. In measurement of the elastic member as a single body, an amount of stretch of a cubic specimen in a direction parallel to the first surface when being compressed in a direction perpendicular to the first surface is smaller than an amount of stretch of the specimen in the direction perpendicular to the first surface when being compressed in the direction parallel to the first surface. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120001078 | SCINTILLATOR ARRAYS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - A scintillator array and method for making the same are provided. The array comprises a bi-layer reflector further comprising a conformal smoothing layer and a mirror layer. The bi-layer reflector does not comprise an intervening reducing agent or adhesion layer and/or comprises aluminum. Further, the mirror layer may be deposited via gas phase metallization, allowing application to tightly confined spaces. A detector array comprising the scintillator array is also provided. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001079 | Radiation detecting element and radiographic imaging device - The present invention provides a radiation detecting element and a radiographic imaging device that may reliably detect radiation even when a region where radiation is irradiated is set narrowly. Namely, in the radiation detecting element and the radiographic imaging device of the present invention, plural pixels including radiographic imaging pixels and plural radiation detection pixels are disposed in a matrix in a detection region that detects radiation. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001080 | RADIATION DETECTION ELEMENT AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a radiation detecting element and a radiographic imaging device that may reliably detect irradiation of radiation even when a region where radiation is irradiated is set narrowly. Namely, the present invention provides a radiation detection element and a radiographic imaging apparatus, in which radiographic imaging pixels and radiation detection pixels are provided at intersecting portions of scan lines and signal lines. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001081 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, RADIOLOGICAL IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF TESTING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device according to an embodiment includes a plurality of signal output units. Each of the plurality of signal output units includes an input terminal electrode group including terminal electrodes for inputting a reset signal, a hold signal, a horizontal start signal, and a horizontal clock signal and an output terminal electrode for providing an output signal. The solid-state imaging device further includes common lines that are provided across the plurality of signal output units. A terminal electrode for the reset signal and a terminal electrode for the hold signal are connected to the corresponding common lines through the corresponding switches. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120006991 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program for Measuring the Dose, Dose Rate of Composition of Radiation - A method and an apparatus for measuring the dose, the dose rate and/or the composition of radiation is disclosed. In the method, a detector means is exposed to a radiation environment, the detector means comprising an array of radiation sensing detector elements. The detector means is switched in a sensitive state for the duration of a sensitive time period, and during said sensitive time period, an interaction pattern generated by individual radiation quanta interacting with one or more of the detector elements is recorded. The duration of the sensitive time period can be precisely adapted to the intensity of the radiation that has to be recorded. The interaction pattern is analyzed to distinguish individual radiation quanta received during the sensitive time period, and a radiation category is assigned to each of the distinguished radiation quanta based on its corresponding interaction pattern. A dose, a dose rate and/or a composition of radiation is then computed from the detected and categorized radiation quanta. Weight factors are attributed to each radiation category to take into account the individual degree of damage which the corresponding category can inflict in the irradiated materials. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120006992 | RADIATION DETECTING APPARATUS - A radiation detecting apparatus comprises: a first detector that detects incidence of radiation; a plate-shaped detection substrate including a second detector that detects an incident position of the radiation to at least the first detector, and a first terminal that is electrically connected to the second detector; a wiring substrate including a second terminal and an external terminal that is electrically connected to the second terminal; and a connecting member that electrically connects the first terminal and the second terminal. The first terminal is arranged at one end of a main surface of the plate-shaped detection substrate. The detection substrate is mounted on the wiring substrate such that the main surface is substantially perpendicular to the wiring substrate in a state that the one end faces the wiring substrate. The first detector is arranged opposite to the main surface of the detection substrate. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120025086 | RADIATION DETECTION DEVICE - A radiation detection device includes a first radiation detector that is positioned on the upstream side of a radiation incident direction and detects radiation in a low-energy range, and a second radiation detector that is positioned on the downstream side and detects radiation in a high-energy range. In such a configuration, a pixel width p | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120043468 | SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTODETECTORS WITH INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CONTROL - Composite photodetection devices are described comprising layers with different photodetector embodiments, in connection through vias in bonded layers with electronic circuitry upon them. Standard photodetectors with isolation structures are defined as well as photodetectors with the capability for avalanche operation. Still further embodiments with micropixel embodiments comprising silicon photomultipliers are also described. Embodiments with incorporated transistors are also defined. Methods of using the attached electronics associated with each pixel element to define novel operational set points for the composite photodetector devices are also described. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120056096 | Slab Scintillator With Integrated Double-Sided Photoreceiver - An article comprising a slab generating scintillation light in response to ionization event and formed with at least two sides. The ionization event is resulted from interaction of high-energy particles within a material of the slab between these sides. A photoreceiver sensitive to the scintillation light is integrated on each side of the slab in an optically-tight fashion. An arrangement is provided for analyzing signals resulted from the ionization event and generated by the photoreceivers. The photoreceivers and the analyzing arrangement are adapted for extracting a position of the ionization event within the slab material relative to the slab sides. A correcting arrangement is provided for correcting the signals and to provide attenuation of the scintillation light. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120061577 | DEPTH-OF-INTERACTION SCINTILLATION DETECTORS - The invention disclosed herein relates to a scintillation detector for registering the position of gamma photon interactions, an comprises an array of two or more elongated first and second scintillation crystal elements connected together along their respective long sides, and an array of discrete photosensitive areas disposed on a common substrate of a solid-state semiconductor photo-detector. The array of first and second scintillation crystal elements have proximal output windows optically coupled to the array of discrete photosensitive areas in a one-to-one relationship. The invention may be characterized in that the first and second scintillation crystal elements include a rooftop portion at their distal ends, wherein the rooftop portion optically couples one of the first and second scintillation crystal elements to the other and is configured to reflect and transmit light resulting from a gamma photon interaction from one of the first and second scintillation crystal elements to the other. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120085913 | VIRTUAL PIXELATED DETECTOR FOR PET AND/OR SPECT - A slab detector for PET and/or SPECT imaging comprising a scintillation crystal slab and a plurality of photoconverters each in optical communication with a surface of the scintillation crystal. In some embodiments, the plurality of photoconverters define a two dimensional array, wherein each photoconverter abuts adjacent photoconverters. Furthermore, according to some embodiments a plurality of slab detectors can be juxtaposed with one another so that their slab crystals abut edgewise. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120085914 | Beta-Radiation Detector For Blood Flow and Chromatography - A detection device for beta radiation includes first and second adjacent detectors and a coincidence counter unit. The same beta particle may be counted twice. Alternatively, one or more positrons may be detected along with one or more gamma photons. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120091351 | SCINTILLATOR FOR NEUTRON DETECTION AND NEUTRON MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A neutron measurement apparatus | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120097857 | RADIATION DETECTING UNIT - An object is to prevent occurrence of an insensitive zone to radiation in parallel arrangement of multiple units. This radiation detecting unit | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120104265 | RADIATION DETECTOR HAVING A RIBBED SCINTILLATOR - A system for efficient neutron detection is described. The system includes a neutron scintillator formed with a number of protruding parallel ribs each side of the scintillator, forming a first set of ribs and a second set of ribs. The ribs have a protrusion height that provides a selected neutron absorption efficiency. The system includes a set of wavelength shifting fibers positioned between each adjacent pair of ribs on both the first side and the second side. Each set of wavelength shifting fibers are in optical proximity to the adjacent pair of the ribs that set of fibers are positioned between. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120119095 | MULTIGRID HIGH PRESSURE GASEOUS PROPORTIONAL SCINTILLATION COUNTER FOR DETECTING IONIZING RADIATION - The present invention deals with a Multigrid High Pressure Gas Proportional Scintillation Counter for the detection of ionizing radiation such as X-rays, gamma-rays, electrons or other charged leptons, alpha-particles or other charged particles as well as neutrons, which gives information about the energy dissipated in the gas and the time of occurrence of the detection, through an electronic pulse with an amplitude approximately proportional to that energy. It is essentially characterized by:
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| 20120126126 | RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS AND RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEM - A radiation detection apparatus includes a scintillator configured to convert incident radiation into visible light, a photoelectric conversion unit and an electrically conductive member. The photoelectric conversion unit includes a two-dimensional array of pixels arranged on a substrate. Each pixel is configured to convert the visible light into an electric signal. The electrically conductive member is supplied with a fixed potential. The electrically conductive member, the substrate, the photoelectric conversion unit, and the scintillator are disposed in this order from the radiation-incident side of the radiation detection apparatus to the opposite side. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120145910 | RADIATION DETECTING DEVICE - A radiation detection device | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120145911 | RADIATION DETECTING DEVICE - A radiation detection device | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120153168 | RADIOACTIVE/NUCLEAR THREAT MONITORING USING LONG DETECTORS - The present specification discloses a radiological threat monitoring system capable of withstanding harsh environmental conditions. The system has (a) one or more cables for measuring a signal induced by a radiological material emitting ionizing radiation when the radiological material comes within a predefined distance of the cables; (b) one or more stations connected with one or more cables for measuring and recording the induced signal; and (c) a central station in communication with one or more stations for gathering the recorded measurements. Radiological material includes fissile threat material such as a ‘Special Nuclear Material’ (SNM). | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120153169 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS - A radiographic imaging apparatus including: a scintillator that includes at least a columnar crystal and converts irradiated radiation into light; a light receiving element that receives light emitted from the scintillator; and a sensor substrate that comprises a light receiving element that receives light emitted from the scintillator and converts the received light into an electric signal, a cross-sectional diameter of the columnar crystal in a region located at a sensor substrate side being larger than that in a region located at a side opposite to the sensor substrate side. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120161015 | Layered Semiconductor Scintillator - A scintillator detector of high-energy radiation comprising a semiconductor slab that is composed of alternating layers of barrier and well material. The barrier and well material layers are direct bandgap semiconductors. Bandgap of the well material is smaller than the bandgap of the barrier material. The combined thickness of the well layers is substantially less than the total thickness of said slab. The thickness of the barrier layers is substantially larger than the diffusion length of minority carriers. The thickness of the well layers is sufficiently large to absorb most of the incident scintillating radiation generated in the barrier layers in response to an ionization event from interaction with an incident high-energy particle. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120168632 | ELECTRONIC CASSETTE FOR RADIATION IMAGING - An electronic cassette for radiation imaging has an image detection device for forming an image of an object irradiated with radiation. The image detection device includes a housing. A window opening is formed in the housing, for receiving the radiation. A scintillator is contained in the housing, for converting the radiation from the window opening into light. A detection panel is contained in the housing, disposed between the scintillator and window opening, for converting the light into a signal. A radio transparent plate of a quadrilateral shape is disposed to close the window opening, is radio transparent to the radiation, has at least high and low thermal conductivity sheets arranged in a direction of entry of the radiation into the housing, the radio transparent plate being so anisotropic that thermal conductivity is higher in a longitudinal direction of the quadrilateral shape than in a transverse direction of the quadrilateral shape. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120181436 | Indirect X-ray Imager Having Semi-Transparent layers - An indirect x-ray imager including one or more semi-transparent layers that reduce lateral spreading of light produced by the scintillator layer. The semi-transparent layers may be one or more layers above and/or below the scintillator, which the light generated by the scintillator goes through prior to being received by an array of photosensors. The semi-transparent layers may have a light transparency that is proportional to the pixel pitch of the photosensor, and/or proportional to a thickness of the layers. The semi-transparent layers have a light transparency that allows a high percent of the light to be received across the thickness of the layer, but restrains most of the light from being received across a lateral distance of more than one pixel pitch. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120181437 | High resolution imaging system for digital dentistry - The invention provides methods and apparatus for detecting radiation including x-ray photon (including gamma ray photon) and particle radiation for dental x-ray imaging, radiation monitoring, and related industrial and scientific applications. Flat or shaped small (and small hybrid) area storage phosphor plates, incorporated with a protective frame and a movable front protective layer are available in multiple sizes, are encased in SP-carriers and used as detectors for intraoral dental x-ray imaging as a replacement for analog x-ray film and digital x-ray cameras, offering good detection efficiency, high spatial and contrast resolution, and a wide dynamic range. After removal of the SP-carrier, a small area storage phosphor plate is loaded into a dental storage phosphor scanner for readout. Intermediate and large area storage phosphor plates (including hybrid versions) are suitable for non-intraoral dental x-ray imaging. Suitable storage phosphors may be used in radiation monitoring, replacing current detectors employed in a film badge format. Simple external readers or electronic SP-carriers can provide data readout and thus enable dosimetry. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120181438 | RADIATION DETECTING APPARATUS, RADIATION DETECTING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RADIATION DETECTING APPARATUS - A radiation detecting apparatus includes a scintillator, a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, and a substrate having a first surface opposing the scintillator and a second surface opposite from the first surface. The substrate, the photoelectric conversion elements and the scintillator are arranged in this order from the side of the radiation detecting apparatus where radiation enters, and the second surface includes a plurality of depressions arranged in orthogonal projection areas where orthogonal projections of the plurality of projected photoelectric conversion elements are positioned and projections parts of which are positioned in the orthogonal projection areas and the remaining areas other than the parts of which are positioned between the orthogonal projection areas. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120181439 | X-RAY IMAGE DETECTION DEVICE - An X-ray image detection device includes a scintillator, a data integration processing unit and a plurality of X-ray image sensors. The X-ray image sensors are arranged in a matrix form, and located on the back of the scintillator and connected to the data integration processing unit. Each X-ray image sensor includes a plurality of pixels, and each pixel has a dual driving pixel structure and includes two thin film transistors and two thin film photodiodes. The source electrodes of the thin film transistors are connected to the cathodes of the thin film photodiodes respectively, and the gate electrodes are connected to an odd row driving line and an even row driving line respectively, and the drain electrodes are connected to a common signal output line. Both anodes of the two thin film photodiodes are connected to a common ground wire of the pixels. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120193542 | RADIATION IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND RADIATION IMAGE PICKUP/DISPLAY SYSTEM - There are provided a radiation image pickup apparatus that may suppress deterioration of the transistor characteristic in the circuit in the periphery of the pixel section, and a radiation image pickup/display system including the apparatus. The radiation image pickup apparatus includes a pixel section provided on a substrate and having photoelectric conversion elements, a circuit section provided in the periphery of the pixel section on the substrate to drive the pixel section, and a wavelength conversion layer provided on the pixel section to convert a wavelength of radiation into a predetermined wavelength within a sensitivity range of the photoelectric conversion elements. The circuit section is provided in a region not facing an end of the wavelength conversion layer. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120205543 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A radiological image detection apparatus includes: a first scintillator and a second scintillator that emit fluorescent lights in response to irradiation of radiation; and a first photodetector and a second photodetector that detect the fluorescent lights; in which the first photodetector, the first scintillator, the second photodetector, and the second scintillator are arranged in order from a radiation incident side, and a high activator density region in which an activator density is relatively higher than an average activator density in a concerned scintillator is provided to at least one of the first scintillator located in vicinity of the first photodetector and the second scintillator located in vicinity of the second photodetector. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120217407 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a radiological image detection apparatus includes: bonding a phosphor to a sensor panel constructed such that a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged on a substrate; connecting a wiring member to a connection portion that is provided on a front face of the sensor panel opposite to the phosphor and that is electrically connected to the photoelectric conversion elements; covering with a first protective film the connection portion connected to the wiring member; peeling off the substrate from the sensor panel in which the first protective film is formed; and covering, with a second protective film having a moisture prevention property, at least a part corresponding to the connection portion in a rear face of a sensor portion exposed when the substrate is peeled off from the sensor panel. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120217408 | 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. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120223239 | RADIATION DETECTOR, IN PARTICULAR X-RAY RADIATION DETECTOR - A radiation detector, in particular an X-ray radiation detector, in the form of a flat-panel detector, may comprise a scintillator layer applied to a substrate and comprising elongated needles made from a scintillator material forming the scintillator layer, and an actively readable pixel array composed of photodiodes, wherein the thickness of the scintillator layer may be in the range of 900 μm-2500 μm, and wherein the angle at which the needles stand relative to the pixel array, starting from 90° in the center of the detector, may decrease with increasing distance from the center of the detector. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120235047 | OPTICAL-INTERFACE PATTERNING FOR RADIATION DETECTOR CRYSTALS - A radiation detector is disclosed that includes a scintillation crystal and a plurality of photodetectors positioned to detect low-energy scintillation photons generated within the scintillation crystal. The scintillation crystals are processed using subsurface laser engraving to generate point-like defects within the crystal to alter the path of the scintillation photons. In one embodiment, the defects define a plurality of boundaries within a monolithic crystal to delineate individual detector elements. In another embodiment, the defects define a depth-of-interaction boundary that varies longitudinally to vary the amount of light shared by neighboring portions of the crystal. In another embodiment the defects are evenly distributed to reduce the lateral spread of light from a scintillation event. Two or more of these different aspects may be combined in a single scintillation crystal. Additionally, or alternatively, similar SSLE defects may be produced in other light-guiding elements of the radiation detector. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120256093 | RADIATION DETECTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A radiation detecting device is manufactured by a method that includes forming a scintillator layer on a substrate carrying a plurality of photodetectors and a plurality of convex patterns each including a plurality of convexities, the plurality of convex patterns coinciding with the respective photodetectors, the scintillator layer being formed in such a manner as to extend over the plurality of convex patterns; and forming a crack in a portion of the scintillator layer that coincides, in a stacking direction, with a gap between adjacent ones of the convex patterns by cooling the substrate carrying the scintillator layer. The plurality of convex patterns satisfy specific conditions. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256094 | DUAL-PARTICLE IMAGING SYSTEM FOR STANDOFF SNM DETECTION IN HIGH-BACKGROUND-RADIATION ENVIRONMENTS - A dual-particle imaging system of the present teachings provide for standoff, passive detection of special nuclear material. In some embodiments, the system comprises three detector planes that together are capable of imaging both photons and fast neutrons. The ability of the system to detect fast neutrons makes it more difficult to effectively shield a threat source. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120261582 | Flat Panel X-Ray Detector and Method for Its Manufacturing - The present invention relates to imaging devices. Technical solutions—creation of highly manufacturable assemblage of flat panel x-ray detectors, and providing high quality images. The flat panel x-ray detector comprises a light-blocking split housing consisting of a bottom and top parts; in the housing sequentially along the incident radiation pathway are installed an elastic radiotransparent layer, x-ray screen on the substrate and sensors being fastened to the mounting base. Sensors are fastened on the mounting base with a possibility to be removed with a possibility to be removed by means of additionally set on the sensor substrates intermediate elements. To fix the screen it is additionally introduced a bar inside which the edge of said screen substrate is fixed, and the bar is fastened to mounting base with a possibility to be removed. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120267538 | MULTI-ELEMENT X-RAY DETECTOR, ITS REAR-EARTH LUMINESCENT MATERIALS, PRODUCTION OF MULTI-ELEMENT SCINTILLATOR AND DETECTOR IN GENERAL - The invention relates to X-ray technology and medical diagnostics, and can be used for carrying out gamma flaw detection on various articles and piping systems. The technical result is an increase in contrast of the integrated image that is produced. A multi-element X-ray radiation detector consists of a flat multi-element scintillator in the form of a discrete set of hetero-phase luminescent elements which are arranged in the cells of a mesh made from a metal which absorbs X-ray radiation and reflects light, the increment size of which mesh corresponds to the increment size of the photo receiver matrix. The metallic mesh that forms the multi-element luminescent scintillator is made from elements having an atomic number from N=26 (iron) to N=74 (tungsten), has silver-plated coils, and separates the scintillator elements optically from one another. The coils of the mesh have a diameter from 0.06 mm to 0.16 mm, and the area of the effective cross section of the mesh is between 45% to 82%. The scintillator consists of an X-ray luminophore based on a multi-ligand oxysulphide of gadolinium-lutetium-europium with the addition of bismuth and rhenium, and also fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine. The process of synthesis is carried out in two stages. In the first stage, oxyhalides of the elements making up a cationic subgroup are formed by reacting the initial coprecipitated oxides of rare earth elements, Bi and Re, with ammonium halides. The resulting product is then subjected to repeated thermal treatment in an alkali chalcogenide melt. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120267539 | Radiation Detector and Method for Manufacturing Same - According to one embodiment, a radiation detector comprises an array substrate having thereon a photoelectric conversion element for converting fluorescence into an electrical signal and having the outermost layer covered with a protective film, a scintillator layer provided on the protective film and converting incident radiation into fluorescence, and a reflective layer filmed by coating and drying paste-like material containing light-scattering particles and a binder provided on the scintillator layer, wherein the protective film is made of a thermoplastic resin having a softening point not higher than the film formation temperature of the scintillator layer and extending on the array substrate over an area of the reflective layer. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120273687 | RADIATION IMAGING DEVICE - An electronic cassette has a top plate, an anisotropic heat transfer plate, a detection panel, and a scintillator disposed in this order from an X-ray irradiation side. The scintillator converts X-rays transmitted through the top plate, the anisotropic heat transfer plate, and the detection panel into visible light. The detection panel performs photoelectric conversion of the visible light. The anisotropic heat transfer plate is composed of a lamination of first prepregs in which all carbon fibers are oriented in a heat flow direction. The top plate is composed of an alternate lamination of the first prepregs and second prepregs that have carbon fibers oriented in a signal line direction. Body heat of a patient is transferred to the top plate, and is transferred in the heat flow direction in the anisotropic heat transfer plate, and then is released from a housing through heat absorbing members. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120280131 | PHOTON/ENERGY IDENTIFYING X-RAY AND GAMMA RAY IMAGING DEVICE ("PID") WITH A TWO DIMENSIONAL ARRAY OF PIXELS AND SYSTEM THEREFROM - An photon (energy) identifying radiation imaging device, for imaging x-ray, gamma ray and charged radiation in medical, dental and industrial applications. The imaging device includes a detector substrate and a readout substrate. The detector substrate has a plurality of detector pixels and the readout substrate has a plurality of corresponding pixel readout circuits. Each pixel readout circuit has circuitry for processing an input analog signal and also has one or more buffers for temporarily storing values corresponding to the signal of at least two individual incoming radiation events. The readout substrate includes a digital controller having digital processing units for carrying out off-pixel digital signal processing and data/rate reduction prior to readout. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120298876 | RADIATION DETECTOR, SCINTILLATOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SCINTILLATOR - A scintillator for converting radiation into light includes a first conversion layer being a planar phosphor and a second conversion layer having columnar phosphors. To form the columnar phosphors of the second conversion layer, optical fibers of a fiber optic plate are filled with a phosphor paste. The columnar phosphors produce a light guide effect. The phosphors of both the first and second conversion layers contain GOS particles dispersed in a resin binder. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120305782 | EFFICIENT AND SERVICEABLE LIGHT GUIDE FOR PET DETECTOR - A positron emission tomography (PET) detector module includes an array of scintillation crystal elements and a plurality of photosensors arranged to at least partially cover the array of scintillation crystal elements. The photosensors are configured to receive light emitted from the array of scintillation crystal elements. The module includes a transparent adhesive arranged between the array of scintillation crystal elements and the plurality of photosensors. The transparent adhesive extends directly from a surface of at least one of the scintillation crystal elements to a surface of at least one of the photosensors and is configured to distribute the light emitted from one of the scintillation crystal elements to more than one of the photosensors. A method of manufacturing the module includes various steps utilizing a fixture. A PET scanner uses multiple modules arranged circumferentially around an area to be scanned. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120305783 | PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE WITH INTEGRATED FAST ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION FOR EVENT DERANDOMIZER AND DIGITAL TIME STAMPING - A digital photosensor that includes a photomultiplier tube (PMT) including a power distribution circuit, the PMT outputting an analog signal in response to received light; an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to receive the analog signal and to generate a digital signal; and a non-transitory memory storing manufacturing parameters of the PMT and operational parameters of the PMT, the operational parameters being calculated by a parameter calculation unit during operation of the PMT, wherein the PMT, the ADC, and the memory are integrated into a single housing | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120312997 | RADIATION IMAGE DETECTING DEVICE - A substrate is made of copper having an atomic number of 29. The substrate is formed in the shape of a box without a top, and has a rectangular bottom and sidewalls erected at four sides surrounding the bottom. A scintillator is evaporated onto the bottom. The scintillator includes a non-columnar crystal and a plurality of columnar crystals erected by crystal growth. A photodetector tightly adheres to top surfaces of the sidewalls of the substrate through an O-ring, so as to close the top of the box-shaped substrate. The substrate, the photodetector, and the O-ring seal the scintillator in an air-tight manner. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120312998 | RADIATION IMAGE CONVERSION PANEL - A radiation image conversion panel which can improve its optical output and resolution is provided. A radiation image conversion panel | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120318989 | PIXEL DEVICE, AND RADIATION DETECTING MODULE AND APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A pixel device having an improved energy resolution includes at least one photodiode and at least one voltage supply unit for applying a voltage to the photodiode. The pixel device includes a voltage storage unit and a voltage adjusting unit. In a precharge mode, the voltage storage unit stores a first anode voltage. In a sensing mode, the voltage adjusting unit adjusts a second anode voltage of the anode of the photodiode to be the same as the first anode voltage stored in the voltage storage unit. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120318990 | RADIATION DETECTION PANEL AND RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS - A radiation detection panel including a photoelectric conversion element that detects fluorescence by a phosphor layer, the radiation detection panel comprising: a base material for supporting the phosphor layer, including the photoelectric conversion element; and a protective film for covering the phosphor layer, wherein the phosphor layer is formed on a surface and at least one lateral face of the base material, and an angle between the surface and the at least one lateral face is less than 90 degrees. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120318991 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGING DEVICE - A radiological imaging device has a panel section which houses radiation conversion panels for converting radiation to a radiological image, and a control section which is disposed on the panel section and which controls the radiation conversion panels. The control section is thicker than the panel section, or protrudes from the panel section. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120318992 | APPARATUS FOR REGISTRATION OF PHOTONS AND IONIZING PARTICLES WITH SIMULTANEOUS DIRECTIONAL DEFINITION, FOR EACH PHOTON OR IONIZING PARTICLE, OF A POINT OF ORIGIN IN A FLUID-FILLED CONDUIT - A detection apparatus (D) for photons or ionizing particles (P) is described, in which a detector system ( | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130001425 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE CONVERSION PANEL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS - A radiological image conversion panel includes: a scintillator made of a phosphor which emits fluorescence when exposed to radiation, in which a fluorescence emitting surface of the scintillator is bonded to a sensor panel having a pixel array detecting the fluorescence generated at the scintillator, through an adhesive layer, the scintillator includes a group of columnar crystals which are obtained by growing crystal of the phosphor into columnar shape, the fluorescence emitting surface is configured by a set of tip parts of the columnar crystals, at least edge portions of the fluorescence emitting surface are flattened by filling between the group of columnar crystals with filler, and the filling depth of the filler at a center portion of the fluorescence emitting surface is smaller than that at the edge portions of the fluorescence emitting surface. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130015360 | RADIATION DETECTORAANM Kobayashi; TamakiAACI Isehara-shiAACO JPAAGP Kobayashi; Tamaki Isehara-shi JPAANM Saito; TatsuyaAACI Kawasaki-shiAACO JPAAGP Saito; Tatsuya Kawasaki-shi JPAANM Yasui; NobuhiroAACI Yokohama-shiAACO JPAAGP Yasui; Nobuhiro Yokohama-shi JPAANM Den; ToruAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Den; Toru Tokyo JP - A radiation detector including a scintillator structure comprising a first plane and a second plane which are not positioned on the same plane, the scintillator structure having an optical waveguiding property in a direction between the first plane and the second plane; and a two-dimensional light receiving element formed of multiple pixels which are disposed parallel to either one of the first plane and the second plane. The radiation detector includes at least one smoothness-deteriorate region which is positioned in one of the first plane and the second plane of the scintillator structure and has an area of 1/6 or more of a light receiving area of each of the multiple pixels. The region is repaired by an optically transparent material so as to be smoothed. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130026372 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS - A radiological image detection apparatus includes a scintillator, a pixel array, a first support and a case. The scintillator is formed of phosphor which emits fluorescence when exposed to radiation. The pixel array is provided in close contact with the scintillator and detects the fluorescence emitted from the scintillator. The first support supports at least one of the scintillator and the pixel array. The case includes a plurality of members having a first member provided with a ceiling plate part through which light penetrates. The case houses the scintillator, the pixel array and the support in a lightproof inner space formed by combining the plurality of members. The scintillator and the pixel array are disposed between the first support and the ceiling plate part. The first support absorbs light of a wavelength region corresponding to a part of a wavelength region which is sensed by the pixel array. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130026373 | X-RAY IMAGE SENSING DEVICE AND X-RAY IMAGE SENSING MODULE - An x-ray image sensing device is provided which includes: a first scintillator layer and a second scintillator layer overlapping with each other and having different energy absorptions of an incident light emitted from an x-ray source such that a first scintillator light and a second scintillator light are emitted from the first scintillator layer and the second scintillator layer, respectively, wherein the first scintillator light and the second scintillator light have different wavelengths; a first photodiode disposed at a side of the first and the second scintillator layers opposite to the X-ray source; and a second photodiode disposed at the side of the first and the second scintillator layers opposite to the X-ray source, wherein the first photodiode and the second photodiode are capable of sensing the first scintillator light and the second scintillator light. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130026374 | RADIATION DETECTOR - Provided is a radiation detector, including: a two-dimensional light receiving element including a plurality of pixels; and a scintillator layer having multiple scintillator crystals two-dimensionally arranged on a light receiving surface of the two-dimensional light receiving element, in which: the scintillator crystal includes two crystal phases, which are a first crystal phase including a material including a plurality of columnar crystals extending in a direction perpendicular to the light receiving surface of the two-dimensional light receiving element and having a refractive index n | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130026375 | PIXEL STRUCTURES FOR OPTIMIZED X-RAY NOISE PERFORMANCE - There is provided a pixel ( | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130026376 | RADIATION DETECTOR MODULE - A radiation detector module | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130032722 | Radiation Detection With Optical Amplification - A device for detecting ionizing radiation includes a radiation interaction region configured to generate light in response to an interaction with the ionizing radiation, an optical gain medium region in optical communication with the radiation interaction region and configured to amplify the light, and an energy source coupled to the optical gain medium region and configured to maintain a state of population inversion in the optical gain medium region. The optical gain medium region has an emission wavelength that corresponds with a wavelength of the light generated by the radiation interaction region. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130043399 | Electromagnetic Radiation Detector with Gain Range Selection - An electromagnetic radiation detector used for imaging comprises a plurality of pixels, each of which converts the electromagnetic radiation to which it is subjected into an electrical signal. Each pixel comprises a plurality of photosensitive elements each converting the radiation received by the photosensitive element into an elementary electrical signal and selection means that select from the elementary electrical signals generated by the photosensitive elements so as to form the electrical output signal of the pixel depending on a gain range chosen for the detector. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130043400 | RADIATION IMAGING DEVICE, RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR AFFIXING RADIATION CONVERSION PANEL IN RADIATION IMAGING DEVICE - Disclosed is a radiation imaging device configuring a radiation imaging system. Specifically disclosed is a radiation imaging device wherein external force action mechanisms are capable of applying external force to the peripheral sections of a radiation conversion panel, or applying the external force while being laminated on the radiation conversion panel, or pressing the radiation conversion panel against the inner wall of a panel containing unit, which contains the radiation conversion panel, at least in imaging when radiation is applied. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130062527 | Systems, devices, and methods including Implants for managing cumulative x-ray radiation dosage including x-ray radiation direction determination devices - Systems, devices, and methods are described including implantable radiation sensing devices having exposure determination devices that determines exposure information based on the at least one in vivo measurand output. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130068952 | RADIATION DETECTION ELEMENT, RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE DETECTION PANEL AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING DEVICE - There is provided a radiation detection element including: a radiation detection section that is formed from plural pixels that is of the same size and arrayed two-dimensionally while adjacent to one another, and that detects radiation passed through an object of imaging; plural scan lines that transfer signals that carry out switching control of switching elements provided respectively at the plural pixels; and plural data lines that are disposed so as to intersect the scan lines, and that transfer electric signals read-out by the switching elements, wherein the radiation detection section is made into a shape in which a pair of opposing sides is longer than another pair of opposing sides, and each of the pixels is made into a shape that is short in a short side direction of the radiation detection section and long in a long side direction of the radiation detection section. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130075618 | RADIATION DETECTOR - In an X-ray line sensor | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130082184 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING DEVICE - The present invention provides a radiographic imaging device that may image radiographic images with high sharpness while suppressing a drop in sensitivity. Namely, a radiation detector, in which a scintillator that generates light due to irradiation of radiation and a TFT substrate on which plural sensor portions configured including an organic photoelectric conversion material that generates electric charges by receiving light are disposed are sequentially layered, is positioned in such a way that radiation that has passed through a subject is made incident from the TFT substrate side. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130087712 | Metal Halide Scintillators With Reduced Hygroscopicity and Method of Making the Same - The present disclosure discloses, in one arrangement, a scintillator material made of a metal halide with one or more additional group-13 elements. An example of such a compound is Ce:LaBr | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130099126 | RADIATION IMAGE IMAGING APPARATUS - A radiation image imaging apparatus includes: a sensor board in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged two-dimensionally; and a scintillator which converts an incident radiation into light and irradiates the light onto the photoelectric conversion elements, and a protection layer having an anti-static function is provided between the sensor board and the scintillator, and an anti-static layer having conductivity or an anti-static function is provided on a surface of the sensor board, the surface being opposite with a side facing the scintillator. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130112884 | RADIATION DETECTOR - Provided is a radiation detector | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130119260 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING DEVICE - A radiographic imaging device has two radiation detectors | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130126742 | X-RAY RADIATION DETECTOR WITH AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE CONTROL - An apparatus and method for radiation detection is herein described. The apparatus consists of two radiation-detection arrays: A primary radiation-detection array, based on scintillator-CMOS design, and a secondary radiation-detection array, mounted on the back of said primary array. A method of controlling the detection operation is described, where output of the secondary array is exploited for controlling the acquisition-start and acquisition-stop of the primary array. Further, the apparatus is equipped with fast memory for storage of correction tables, and with a processor for fast computation of the correction. A method of calibration is also describes with tables for: offset correction, gain correction, and for defect-pixel correction. These tables are evaluated by the fast processor and stored on the fast memory. A method of real-time evaluation of the signal corrections is described, which depends on the acquisition-start and acquisition-stop timings and which results a clean, artifact-free image. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130126743 | RADIATION DETECTOR - A radiation detector includes a scintillator layer, a first photoelectric conversion layer, a second photoelectric conversion layer, and one board or two boards. The scintillator layer, the first photoelectric conversion layer, the second photoelectric conversion layer, and the one board or two boards are layered. The first photoelectric conversion layer is constituted with one of a first organic material and an inorganic material with a wider radiation absorption wavelength range than the first organic material. The first photoelectric conversion layer absorbs at least light of a first wavelength and converts the light to charges. The second photoelectric conversion layer is constituted with a second organic material that is different from the first organic material. The second photoelectric conversion layer absorbs more of light of a second wavelength than of light of the first wavelength and converts the light to charges. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130134315 | PARTICLE BASED NEUTRON DETECTOR - A method and device include a conductive base layer, a semiconducting layer supported by and electrically coupled to the base layer, the semiconductor layer have integrated gadolinium nanoparticles presenting a high cross section to neutron particles, and a conductive top layer electrically coupled to the semiconductor layer, wherein the base layer and top layer are disposed to collect current from electrons resulting from neutron interactions with the gadolinium nanoparticles. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130134316 | RADIOGRAPHY DEVICE - In this radiography device, the radiation conversion panel side of a scintillator is formed in a convex shape towards the radiation conversion panel, the end portions of columnar crystals are formed at said side, and the end portions of the columnar crystals can contact the radiation conversion panel. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130140464 | RADIATION DETECTION PANEL - A radiation detection panel includes a single light emitting section, a first detection section and a second detection section. The single light emitting section absorbs radiation that has been transmitted through an imaging subject and that emits light. The first detection section detects light emitted from the light emitting section as an image. The second detection section that is formed from an organic photoelectric conversion material and that detects light emitted from the light emitting section. The light emitting section, the first detection section and the second detection section are stacked in layers along a radiation incident direction. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130140465 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURE SYSTEM - In a radiation detector ( | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130153774 | PIXELLATED SCINTILLATOR READOUT ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD - A pixellated scintillator readout arrangement is presented, the arrangement comprising a plurality of scintillator pixels arranged in a scintillator array, and a plurality of photodetectors arranged to receive light from, or address, the scintillator pixels. The photodetectors may be arranged on both a first side and a second side of the scintillator array. Each photodetector may be arranged to leave a gap adjacent to the scintillator pixel which is addressed by that photodetector. Non-photosensitive elements such as tracking and bondpads may be arranged in at least some of the gaps. Electronic components such as electronic amplifiers may be arranged in at least some of the gaps. The photodetectors may be arranged in linear arrays addressing alternate lines of scintillator pixels on either side of the scintillator array. Each photodetector may be arranged to address a single pixel (as illustrated) or more than one pixel (not shown). | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130153775 | RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS - A radiation detection apparatus comprising, a sensor panel including sensor unit disposed on a plurality of photoelectric converters on a substrate, a first scintillator layer disposed on the sensor panel, and a second scintillator layer disposed on the first scintillator layer, wherein the first scintillator layer and the second scintillator layer respectively emit light beams having different wavelengths, and the sensor unit which includes a first photoelectric converter configured to detect the light beam emitted by the first scintillator layer, a first transistor configured to output a signal from the first scintillator layer, a second photoelectric converter configured to detect the light beam emitted by the second scintillator layer, and a second transistor configured to output a signal from the second scintillator layer, and individually convert the light beams having the different wavelengths into electrical signals. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130153776 | PIXELLATED DETECTOR DEVICE - The present invention relates to a pixellated detector with an enhanced structure to enable easy pixel identification even with high light output at crystal edges. A half-pixel shift between scintillator crystals ( | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130161521 | DETECTOR ARRAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A detector unit for a detector array includes a photo sensor array, a light guide, and a plurality of scintillator elements formed unitarily with the light guide, the scintillator elements configured to emit absorbed energy in the form of light, the light guide being configured to transmit the light received from at least one of the scintillator elements to a photo sensor, the light guide and the plurality of scintillators being formed from the same material, an area covered by the photo sensors being smaller than an area covered by the scintillator elements and a number of photo sensors being less than a number of scintillator elements. A detector array and a method of manufacturing a detector array are also described herein. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130161522 | SCINTILLATOR PANEL, RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS, AND RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A scintillator panel includes a scintillator that converts radiation into light of a wavelength detectable by photoelectric conversion elements. The scintillator panel has a surface including a plurality of protrusions adjacent to each other. The adjacent protrusions are arranged at a pitch below a diffraction limit for the wavelength of the light emitted by the scintillator. Thus, a scintillator panel with improved availability of light emitted by a scintillator is provided. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130168559 | RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS - A radiation detection apparatus including a sensor panel which includes a plurality of pixels two-dimensionally arranged on a substrate and detects light, and a scintillator layer which is disposed on the sensor panel and converts radiation into light, the apparatus, comprising members embedded in regions between the plurality of pixels in the scintillator layer, wherein the member satisfies a relationship of μ | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130168560 | FAST-NEUTRON DETECTOR - The present invention provides a fast-neutron detector, comprising: a plastic scintillator array which includes at least one plastic scintillator unit, wherein sidewall surfaces of each plastic scintillator unit are covered or coated with a neutron-sensitive coating film. The fast-neutron detector based on such film-coated plastic scintillators according to the present invention advantageously addresses the mutual competition problem between a moderated volume and a measured volume in the prior art and can obtain a higher fast-neutron detecting efficiency. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130187053 | QUANTUM DOT DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHIC DETECTION SYSTEM - A digital quantum dot radiographic detection system described herein includes: a scintillation subsystem and a semiconductor visible light detection subsystem (including a plurality of quantum dot image sensors). In a first preferred digital quantum dot radiographic detection system, the plurality of quantum dot image sensors is in substantially direct contact with the scintillation subsystem. In a second preferred digital quantum dot radiographic detection system, the scintillation subsystem has a plurality of discrete scintillation packets, at least one of the discrete scintillation packets communicating with at least one of the quantum dot image sensors. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130193331 | SCINTILLATION PIXEL ARRAY WITH REDUCED CROSS TALK - A scintillator pixel array can include a housing and a plurality of scintillator pixels within the housing. Further, the scintillator pixel array can include a grid structure within the housing. The grid structure can separate the plurality of pixels into rows and columns. Further, the grid structure can include an opaque layer configured to substantially prevent pixel-to-pixel cross talk within the plurality of scintillator pixels. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130200266 | SCINTILLATOR PIXEL ARRAY - A scintillator pixel array can include a plurality of scintillator pixels and a plurality of voids arranged in a checkerboard pattern. Each void can be defined by at least two surfaces having an adhesive disposed thereon. The scintillator pixel array can be made by fabricating an array of scintillator members and dissolvable members and dissolving the dissolvable members in a solvent. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130206993 | IMAGING APPARATUS, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND IMAGING DISPLAY SYSTEM - An imaging apparatus includes: a sensor substrate, wherein the sensor substrate has plural photoelectric conversion devices and driving devices thereof formed on a substrate, signal lines for reading imaging signals obtained in the photoelectric conversion devices through the driving devices and relay electrodes electrically connecting between the driving devices and the signal lines to relay between them. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130206994 | HIGH-SENSITIVITY X-RAY DETECTOR - A device for the sensitive detection of X-rays comprises a structured scintillator screen optically coupled to a semiconductor image sensor. The scintillator screen comprises individual columnar elements covered with material showing high optical reflection. Each columnar element represents a pixel, and light flashes created by an X-ray photon in a scintillating event exit through a short surface of the columnar element for detection with a semiconductor image sensor. The semiconductor image sensor comprises a multitude of photosensor elements, and one or more of these photosensor elements receives light from a scintillator screen pixel. Each photosensor element of the image sensor comprises a semiconductor volume where photocharge is created, a lateral drift-field device for the collection of photocharge, an electronic detection circuit for the conversion of collected photocharge packets either into proportional voltage pulses, into binary signals indicating the arrival of X-ray photons or into digital signals whose values correspond to the energy of the incident X-ray photons. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130221226 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-CAMERA X-RAY FLAT PANEL DETECTOR - According to some aspects, a device comprising a plurality of cameras arranged in an array, each of the plurality of cameras producing a signal indicative of radiation impinging on the respective camera, the plurality of cameras arranged such that the field of view of each of the plurality of cameras at least partially overlaps the field of view of at least one adjacent camera of the plurality of cameras, to form a respective plurality of overlap regions, an energy conversion component for converting first radiation impinging on a surface of the energy conversion component to second radiation at a lower energy that is detectable by the plurality of cameras, and at least one computer for processing the signals from each of the plurality cameras to generate at least one image, the at least one processor configured to combine signals in the plurality of overlap regions to form the at least one image is provided. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130221227 | RADIATION DETECTOR - Provided is a radiation detector with improved n/γ discrimination and usable even under high counting rate conditions with a reduced load on a signal-processing system. The detector capable of distinguishing neutron and gamma-ray events includes: a scintillator; an optical filter; a first photodetector to which a first part of light emitted from the scintillator is introduced via the optical filter; and a second photodetector to which a second part of light emitted from the scintillator is introduced not via the optical filter, wherein, for a set of two wavelengths A and (A+B) nm, the scintillator emits at least a light of A nm and a light of (A+B) nm when irradiated by gamma-ray, and emits a light of A nm and does not emit a light of (A+B) nm when irradiated by neutrons; and the optical filter blocks the light of A nm and transmits the light of (A+B) nm. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130221228 | DETECTOR MODULE, LIGHT SHIELDING MEMBER, RADIATION DETECTING APPARATUS, AND RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS - A detector module configured to be included in an array of a plurality of detector modules that form a radiation detector is provided. The detector module includes a light emitting element configured to emit fluorescence upon receiving radiation, a light receiving element configured to convert the fluorescence into an electrical signal, and at least one support member located on a side opposite from said light emitting element, said at least one support member configured to support a light shielding member which covers a gap formed between adjacent detector modules in the array. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130221229 | ADHESIVE LAYER FOR DIGITAL DETECTORS - There is described a digital radiography panel that includes a scintillator screen, an adhesive layer and a flat panel detector. The scintillator screen includes a supporting layer; a phosphor dispersed in a polymeric binder disposed on the supporting layer and an antistatic layer disposed on the polymeric binder, wherein the antistatic layer has a transparency of greater than 95 percent at a wavelength of from about 400 nm to 600 nm and a surface resistivity of less than 10 | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130221230 | RADIOGRAPHIC DETECTOR ARRAYS INCLUDING SCINTILLATORS AND METHODS FOR SAME - Embodiments relate to detector imaging arrays with scintillators (e.g., scintillating phosphor screens) mounted to imaging arrays or radiographic detectors using the same. For example, the detector imaging arrays can include a scintillator, an imaging array comprising imaging pixels, where each imaging pixel comprises at least one readout element and one photosensor; and a first dielectric layer formed between the scintillator and the imaging layer, wherein the dielectric constant of the insulating layer is very low. Embodiments according to the application can include a second dielectric layer formed over at least a portion of the non-photosensitive regions of the array and/or a first dielectric layer, each with a dielectric constant. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130234031 | RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A radiation detection apparatus can include a semi-cylindrical radiation sensor having a corresponding radiation sensing region, and a photosensor that is optically coupled to the radiation sensor. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130248724 | RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS - A radiation detection apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a scintillator including a fluorescent material to convert radiation to visible radiation photon; a photon detection device array having a plurality of cells each of which includes a photon detection device to detect visible radiation photon emitted from a fluorescent material in the scintillator and convert the visible radiation photon to an electric signal; and a plurality of lenses provided on cells respectively in association with the cells to cause the visible radiation photon to be incident on the photon detection device in an associated cell. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130256538 | RADIATION DETECTOR WITH PHOTODETECTORS - The invention relates to a radiation detector ( | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130270443 | SCINTILLATOR COMPOSITIONS - Scintillator compositions are provided which include a solvent or matrix containing a fluorophore having the formula (I) and/or a fluorophore having the formula (II), | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130277563 | Radiation Detector System and Method - A radiation detector system/method implementing a corrected energy response detector is disclosed. The system incorporates charged (typically tungsten impregnated) injection molded plastic that may be formed into arbitrary detector configurations to affect radiation detection and dose rate functionality at a drastically reduced cost compared to the prior art, while simultaneously permitting the radiation detectors to compensate for radiation intensity and provide accurate radiation dose rate measurements. Various preferred system embodiments include configurations in which the energy response of the detector is nominally isotropic, allowing the detector to be utilized within a wide range of application orientations. The method incorporates utilization of a radiation detector so configured to compensate for radiation counts and generate accurate radiation dosing rate measurements. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130277564 | SILICON PHOTOELECTRIC MULTIPLIER WITH OPTICAL CROSS-TALK SUPPRESSION DUE TO PROPERTIES OF A SUBSTRATE - A cell for a silicon based photoelectric multiplier may comprise a substrate of a second conductivity type, a first layer of a first conductivity type, and/or a second layer of the second conductivity type formed on the first layer. The first layer and the second layer may form a first p-n junction, and the substrate may be configured such that in operation of the photoelectric multiplier from a quantity of light propagating towards a back side or side walls of the photoelectric multiplier, a negligible portion returns to a front side of the photoelectric multiplier. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130284937 | RADIATION DETECTING ELEMENT AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING DEVICE - The present invention provides a radiation detecting element and a radiographic imaging device that may reliably detect radiation even when a region where radiation is irradiated is set narrowly. Namely, in the radiation detecting element and the radiographic imaging device of the present invention, plural pixels including radiographic imaging pixels and plural radiation detection pixels are disposed in a matrix in a detection region that detects radiation. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130292575 | DATA ACQUISITION - An imaging detector includes processing electronics with a thermal coefficient about equal to a negative of a summation of thermal coefficients of a photosensor array and a scintillator array of the detector. In another instance, the imaging detector includes an A/D converter that alternately converts first charge corresponding to impinging radiation into a first signal and second charge corresponding to decaying charge into a second signal and a logic unit that corrects the first signal based on the second signal. In another instance, the imaging detector includes an A/D converter, an integrator offset voltage signal determiner, and a logic unit, wherein the determiner induces an electrical current via an offset voltage, the A/D converter measures the current, and the logic unit calculates a resistance of the photosensor array based on the reference voltage and the measured current. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130299709 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTION OF RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES - A method and apparatus for detecting an isotope. embodiments can detect radioactive isotopes. Embodiments can utilize a detector that incorporates at least two sub-detectors. Each sub-detector can receive energy from an isotope and create a signal corresponding to the received energy. Each sub-detector can incorporate a detector element, such as a detector element incorporating one or more diodes, a detector element incorporating a crystal, a detector element incorporating a solid-state device, or a detector element incorporating a scintillator. The sub-detectors can be configured such that for each isotope to be detected at least two of the sub-detectors produce different output signals, or readings. In an embodiment, each sub-detector is configured such that when there are at least two sub-detectors exposed to the isotope each of the corresponding readings from the sub-detectors are different from each of the other readings. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130299710 | RADIATION DETECTOR - A radiation detector comprises a scintillator | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130306875 | TILED X-RAY IMAGER PANEL AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - A tiled imager panel is disclosed. In certain embodiments, the tiled imager panel is formed from separate imager chips that are mechanically tiled together so as to minimize the gap between the tiled imager chips. In addition, in certain embodiments, a scintillator material associated with the tiled imager panel is in a hermetically sealed environment so as to be protected from moisture. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130306876 | RADIATION DETECTOR - Provided is a radiation detector that prevents a decline in detection efficiency as well as having excellent temporal characteristics. The radiation detector | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130313438 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION DEVICE - A scintillator includes a plurality of columnar crystals. A surface protection film is made of poly-para-xylyene and covers a surface of the scintillator, and the front ends of the columnar crystals penetrate thereinto. A photoelectric conversion panel includes a glass substrate and an element unit formed on the glass substrate. The element unit includes a plurality of pixels, is disposed opposite to the front ends of the columnar crystals, and detects visible light which is emitted from the front ends and is transmitted through the surface protection film in a light receiving region of each pixel so as to be converted into electric charge. To improve an SN ratio, a penetration amount P of the front end into the surface protection film and an area A of the light receiving region of each pixel are set to satisfy a relationship of 0 m | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130313439 | RADIATION DETECTION ELEMENT AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGINGAPPARATUS - The present invention provides a radiation detecting element and a radiographic imaging device that may reliably detect irradiation of radiation even when a region where radiation is irradiated is set narrowly. Namely, the present invention provides a radiation detection element and a radiographic imaging apparatus, in which radiographic imaging pixels and radiation detection pixels are provided at intersecting portions of scan lines and signal lines. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130320220 | Portable Radiation Detector - A scintillator appliance coupled to a camera aperture of a hand-held electronic device forms a radiation detector. The scintillator appliance includes a phosphor screen layer capable of producing visible light detectable by the digital camera sensor of the hand-held electronic device upon exposure to at least one type of radiation and a backer layer permitting passage of the radiation and prohibiting passage of visible light detectable by the digital camera sensor. In some embodiments, the scintillator appliance includes a filter layer between the phosphor screen layer and the backer layer. The filter layer includes at least one filter material capable of selectively filtering radiation based on at least one radiation feature. In some embodiments, the hand-held electronic device is a smartphone. An app on the smartphone preferably converts the detected visible light into a radiation dosage. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130320221 | DETECTORS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING THEM IN IMAGING AND DOSIMETRY - Certain embodiments described herein are directed to devices and systems that can be used for direct and indirect detection of radiation such as X-rays. In certain examples, the device can include a modulator optically coupled to a sensor. In some examples, the modulator can be configured to switch between different states to provide an imaging signal in one state and a dosimetry signal in another state. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130320222 | DETECTOR ARRAY HAVING EFFECTIVE SIZE LARGER THAN ACTUAL SIZE - One or more techniques and/or systems described herein provide for a detector array having an effective size that is larger than its actual size of its elements, thus reducing costs by reducing materials required. In one embodiment, one or more channels of the detector array are removed (e.g., and filled with a radiation absorbing material) to create what may be referred to as a sparse array. In another embodiment, one or more channels of a detector array comprise a detection portion and a dead space (e.g., filled with a radiation absorbing material). In yet another embodiment, one or more channels of a detector array comprise light focusing mechanisms configured to focus light from a scintillator portion of an indirect conversion detector array to a photodetector portion of the detector array, where a detection surface area of the photodetector is less than a detection surface area of the scintillator. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140001366 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140001367 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140014843 | RADIATION DETECTING PANEL AND RADIOGRAPHIC DETECTOR - A radiation detecting panel and a radiographic detector are shown. According to one implementation, a radiation detecting panel includes a device substrate and a scintillator. The device substrate includes a two-dimensional array of photoelectric transducers on a first surface of the device substrate. The scintillator substrate includes a scintillator on a first surface of the scintillator substrate. The scintillator converts radiation to light and irradiates the light onto the photoelectric transducers. The device substrate and the scintillator substrate are bonded together such that the photoelectric transducers face the scintillator. A resin layer disposed between the photoelectric transducers and the scintillator has a glass-transition temperature of 60° C. or higher. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140014844 | RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS AND RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEM - A radiation detection apparatus includes a scintillator, a photoelectric conversion unit, and a grid for removing scattered radiation. The photoelectric conversion unit includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional array on a substrate. Each pixel is configured to convert visible light output from the scintillator into an electric signal. The grid, the substrate, the photoelectric conversion unit, and the scintillator are disposed in this order from a radiation-incident side of the radiation detection apparatus to an opposite side thereof. In this radiation detection apparatus in which the scintillator is disposed on the side opposite to the radiation-incident side, scattered radiation is effectively removed. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140014845 | IMAGE-PICKUP SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - An image-pickup apparatus including a detector comprising a detecting unit and a reading circuit, the detecting unit including pixels, each of which including a conversion element, the reading circuit which includes a connecting unit that is electrically connected to a signal wire transferring an electric signal and that electrically connects the signal wire to a node, and which performs a reading operation to output the electric signal from the pixel. A control unit controls an operation of the reading circuit, and a sensing unit senses the end of radiation irradiation based on an output of the reading circuit, which is acquired during the period of an accumulation operation of the detector. The control unit starts establishing the electrical connection between the signal wire and the node through the connecting unit based on the sensed irradiation end, and retains the electrical connection until the start of the reading operation. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140021358 | Radiation Dose Meter for Measuring Radiation Dose in an External Magnetic Field - The invention relates to a radiation dose meter for measuring radiation dose in a strong external magnetic field (100 m T-10 T) by means of charged particles generated in the radiation dose meter, the radiation dose meter provided with an alignment unit capable of auto aligning the radiation dose meter in the external magnetic field so that a path of the said charged particles inside the radiation dose meter is substantially parallel to a direction of the external magnetic field. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140021359 | Neutron Detector and Neutron Image Detector with Scintillator - A neutron detector without | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140021360 | RADIATION DETECTION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR RADIATION DETECTION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A radiation detection device including a radiation detection unit, a profile information acquisition unit, a control condition determination unit and a controller. The radiation detection unit converts radiation irradiated from a radiation irradiation device to charges and accumulates the charges. The profile information acquisition unit acquires profile information representing a change per unit time of radiation amounts of the radiation irradiated from the radiation irradiation device. The control condition determination unit determines a control condition of the radiation detection unit on the basis of the profile information acquired by the profile information acquisition unit. The controller controls the radiation detection unit in accordance with the control condition determined by the control condition determination unit. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140027647 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS - A radiation imaging apparatus includes a radiation image detection unit including a flexible substrate, photoelectric conversion elements arranged on the substrate, and a phosphor member disposed on an upper part of the substrate, a housing accommodating the radiation image detection unit, and a support member having the substrate disposed along a side surface for non-radiation transmission in the housing from a surface for radiation transmission in the housing. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140034836 | RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEM - A radiation detection apparatus includes a sensor panel configured to detect light; and a scintillator layer arranged on the sensor panel. The scintillator layer has a scintillator configured to convert radiation into light of a wavelength that is detectable by the sensor panel. The scintillator layer also has particles that have a property of generating a bubble and expanding so as to weaken adhesive force between the sensor panel and the scintillator layer. The scintillator layer also a resin that holds the scintillator and the particles so as to be mixed together. The scintillator layer is adhered to the sensor panel with use of the resin. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140034837 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS AND RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM - A radiation imaging apparatus includes a phosphor layer configured to convert an incident radiant ray into light, a first imaging substrate arranged on a side of a first surface, on which the radiant ray is incident, of the phosphor layer and having, on the side of the first surface, a first pixel area including a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element for converting the light into an electric signal, and a second imaging substrate arranged on a side of a second surface of the phosphor layer and having, on the side of the second surface, a second pixel area including a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element for converting the light into an electric signal, wherein the second imaging substrate is arranged so that the second pixel area is located opposite a pixel non-formation area, where the first pixel area is not formed. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140034838 | 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. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140042328 | COMPLEMENTARY METAL-OXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR X-RAY DETECTOR - In accordance with one embodiment, a digital X-ray detector is provided. The detector includes a scintillator layer configured to absorb radiation emitted from a radiation source and to emit optical photons in response to the absorbed radiation. The detector also includes a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) light imager that is configured to absorb the optical photons emitted by the scintillator layer. The CMOS light imager includes a first surface and a second surface, and the first surface is disposed opposite the second surface. The scintillator layer contacts the first surface of the CMOS light imager. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140042329 | RADIOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND RADIOGRAPHIC SYSTEM - A radiographic apparatus includes a scintillator configured to convert radiation into first light, a photoelectric conversion unit including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements each configured to convert the first light into an electrical signal, and a light detection unit configured to detect the first light. In such a radiographic apparatus, the photoelectric conversion unit and the light detection unit are arranged to sandwich the scintillator therebetween, and the light detection unit includes a light guide plate, a photodetector arranged on a side face of the light guide plate, and a light reflection section arranged to reflect the first light toward the photodetector. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140048712 | REFLECTOR FOR RADIATION DETECTOR - A radiation detector includes a scintillator layer configured to absorb radiation emitted from a radiation source and to emit optical photons in response to the absorbed radiation. The radiation detector also includes a photodetector layer configured to absorb the optical photons emitted by the scintillator layer. The radiation detector further includes a reflector configured to reflect the optical photons emitted by the scintillator layer towards the photodetector layer and to absorb select wavelengths of optical photons associated with an afterglow emitted by the scintillator layer. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140048713 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING GRID LINE IMAGE ARTIFACTS - An imaging system includes a detector configured to detect X-rays from an X-ray source. The detector includes multiple photodetector elements. The imaging system also includes an anti-scatter grid disposed over the detector, wherein the anti-scatter grid includes multiple radiation absorbing elements. At least a portion of one or more of the radiation absorbing elements of the multiple radiation absorbing elements is disposed on each photodetector element, and a total area of each respective portion of the one or more radiation absorbing elements disposed on each photodetector element is substantially equal. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140070105 | SCINTILLATOR, METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME AND X-RAY DETECTOR INCLUDING THE SCINTILLATOR - A scintillator, which can prevent a data error due to light diffusion or spreading by improving light collimation, a method of fabricating the same and an X-ray detector including the scintillator are disclosed. The scintillator includes a substrate and a scintillator layer fanned on the substrate and having columnar crystals and non-columnar crystals, wherein each of the columnar crystals has an aspect ratio of 80:1 or greater. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140084172 | SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTO-DETECTION DEVICE AND RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS - On the front side of an n-type semiconductor substrate, p-type regions are two-dimensionally arranged in an array. A high-concentration n-type region and a p-type region are disposed between the p-type regions adjacent each other. The high-concentration n-type region is formed by diffusing an n-type impurity from the front side of the substrate so as to surround the p-type region as seen from the front side. The p-type region is formed by diffusing a p-type impurity from the front side of the substrate so as to surround the p-type region and high-concentration n-type region as seen from the front side. Formed on the front side of the n-type semiconductor substrate are an electrode electrically connected to the p-type region and an electrode electrically connected to the high-concentration n-type region and the p-type region. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140084173 | SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTO-DETECTION DEVICE AND RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS - On the front side of an n-type semiconductor substrate, p-type regions are two-dimensionally arranged in an array. A high-concentration n-type region and a p-type region are disposed between the p-type regions adjacent each other. The high-concentration n-type region is formed by diffusing an n-type impurity from the front side of the substrate so as to surround the p-type region as seen from the front side. The p-type region is formed by diffusing a p-type impurity from the front side of the substrate so as to surround the p-type region and high-concentration n-type region as seen from the front side. Formed on the front side of the n-type semiconductor substrate are an electrode electrically connected to the p-type region and an electrode electrically connected to the high-concentration n-type region and the p-type region. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140091223 | Scintillation Pixel Array, Radiation Sensing Apparatus Including The Scintillation Pixel Array and a Method of Forming a Scintillation Pixel Array - The disclosure relates to a scintillation pixel array, a radiation sensing apparatus, a scintillation apparatus, and methods of making a scintillation pixel array wherein scintillation pixels have beveled surfaces and a reflective material around the beveled surfaces. The embodiments described herein can reduce the amount of cross-talk between adjacent scintillation pixels. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140091224 | Apparatus Including a Light Emitting Device, a Layer Having a Positive Refractive Index, and a Layer Having a Negative Refractive Index - An apparatus can include a light emitting device and a light sensing device optically coupled to the light emitting device via a first layer and a second layer. In an embodiment, the first layer can have a first thickness and a first index of refraction with a value greater than 0 and the second layer can have a second thickness and a second index of refraction with a value less than 0. In a particular embodiment, the light emitting device can include a scintillator and the light sensing device can include a photosensor. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140091225 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS, RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM, AND RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS MANUFACTURING METHOD - The present invention provides a radiation imaging apparatus including a sensor substrate on which photoelectric conversion elements are arranged, a scintillator base on which a scintillator layer for converting radiation into light with a wavelength detectable by the photoelectric conversion elements is arranged, and which is adhered to the sensor substrate so that the scintillator layer is arranged between the sensor substrate and the scintillator base, and a sealing member configured to fix an edge portion of the scintillator base and the sensor substrate, and spaced apart from the scintillator layer, wherein the scintillator base includes a bent portion for reducing a stress that acts on the sealing member in a region between an outer edge of a region in which the scintillator layer is arranged and the edge portion fixed by the sealing member. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140091226 | PHOTOSENSOR TESTING APPARATUS, A RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS INCLUDING A PHOTOSENSOR AND A METHOD OF SELECTING THE PHOTOSENSOR FOR THE RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS - A photosensor testing apparatus can be used to test photosensors. A light module can produce simulating light that corresponds to scintillating light of a scintillator or a derivative of the scintillating light. A photosensor under test can produce an output that can be analyzed. A particular photosensor can be determined to have a higher quantum efficiency, a higher signal-to-noise ratio, or another performance criterion and selected for use in a radiation detection apparatus having the scintillator that can produce the scintillating light. The photosensor testing apparatus can provide a more accurate way of selecting a photosensor as compared to only analyzing an emission spectrum and data sheets and other information for the photosensors under consideration. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140103219 | RADIATION DETECTOR AND IMAGING SYSTEM - The invention relates to a radiation detector ( | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140103220 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS - An electronic cassette includes a first radiation detector for still imaging and a second radiation detector for fluoroscopic imaging. The first radiation detector includes a first photo detection device and a luminous device. The luminous device generates visible light by absorbing radiation transmitted through the first photo detection device. The first radiation detector detects the visible light generated by the luminous device. The second radiation detector is constituted by the luminous device and a second photo detection device disposed downstream of the luminous device in an optical path direction of the radiation. The second photo detection device detects the visible light generated by the luminous device. The second radiation detector is changed over to the first radiation detector, so that still imaging can be started by rapid setting during operation of fluoroscopic imaging. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140110591 | DEVICE FOR CHARACTERIZING AN IONIZING RADIATION - The invention proposes a device ( | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140117244 | SCINTILLATOR, RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A scintillator has a two-dimensional array of a plurality of columnar crystals which converts radiation into light, and a covering portion covering the two-dimensional array. The covering portion includes connecting portions configured to partially connect the columnar crystals while partially forming cavities in gaps between the columnar crystals in the two-dimensional array. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140117245 | INDIRECT X-RAY IMAGER HAVING SEMI-TRANSPARENT LAYERS - An indirect x-ray imager including one or more semi-transparent layers that reduce lateral spreading of light produced by the scintillator layer. The semi-transparent layers may be one or more layers above and/or below the scintillator, which the light generated by the scintillator goes through prior to being received by an array of photosensors. The semi-transparent layers may have a light transparency that is proportional to the pixel pitch of the photosensor, and/or proportional to a thickness of the layers. The semi-transparent layers have a light transparency that allows a high percent of the light to be received across the thickness of the layer, but restrains most of the light from being received across a lateral distance of more than one pixel pitch. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140124675 | X-RAY DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING AN X-RAY DETECTION PANEL - An X-ray detection device includes an X-ray detection panel having a plurality of gate-lines, a plurality of data-lines, a plurality of bias-lines, a plurality of pixel circuits, a gate driving circuit that sequentially provides a gate signal to the pixel circuits via the gate-lines when an X-ray detecting operation is performed, a readout integrated circuit that performs a readout operation of a detection signal that is output from the pixel circuits via the data-lines when the X-ray detecting operation is performed, a bias driving circuit that provides a forward-bias voltage or a reverse-bias voltage to the pixel circuits via the bias-lines, and an operation control circuit that controls a forward-biasing operation and an initializing operation to be simultaneously performed on the pixel circuits. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140124676 | RADIATION DETECTOR AND IMAGING SYSTEM - The invention relates to a radiation detector ( | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140138548 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PHOTOSENSOR QUADRANT SHARING - Apparatus and methods comprising a positron emission tomography detector having a first rectangular cross-section crystal block positioned between a first pentagonal cross-section crystal block and a second pentagonal cross-section crystal block. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140138549 | X-RAY DETECTING DEVICE - Provided is an X-ray detecting device including a scintillator panel, an adhesive layer, an imaging device panel, and so on. The scintillator panel includes a substrate through which an X-ray passes, a reflective layer formed on the substrate and configured to allow penetration of the X-ray and reflect visible light, and a scintillator layer formed on the reflective layer and configured to convert the X-ray into the visible light. The adhesive layer is formed on the scintillator layer of the scintillator panel. The imaging device panel is coupled on the adhesive layer and has a plurality of light receiving elements and a plurality of electrode pads installed at a surface thereof directed toward the adhesive layer. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140145085 | FLAT PANEL X-RAY DETECTOR - The present invention relates to a flat panel X-ray detector, which comprises a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate; a photoelectric detecting layer, which is disposed on and electrically connected with the TFT substrate, wherein the photoelectric detecting layer comprises a plurality of photoelectric detecting units and a plurality of light absorption units, and the light absorption unit is disposed between spaces adjacent to the photoelectric detecting unit; a Scintillation layer, which is disposed on the photoelectric detecting layer; and a reflective layer, which is disposed on the Scintillation layer. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145086 | RADIATION IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND RADIATION IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - A radiation image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup panel in which a plurality of image pickup substrates including photoelectric-conversion elements is fixed onto a base, a scintillator portion including a scintillator layer of alkali halide-based columnar crystal and overlaid on the image pickup panel, and a moisture-proof layer provided between the base and the scintillator layer, at least between the plurality of image pickup substrates. The water vapor permeability of the moisture-proof layer is 10 g/m | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140151565 | System, Method, and Apparatus for Detecting Neutrons - A neutron detector is disclosed that includes a generally elongate sealed housing. A scintillator based neutron detection assembly is positioned within the elongate housing. The scintillator based neutron detection assembly includes a reflective portion, a plurality of optical fibers, and a scintillator portion. A fiber guide is connected with an end of said scintillator based neutron detection assembly and an end of the at least one bundle of fibers from the plurality of optical fibers is positioned in an output port in the fiber guide. A sensor assembly is included and is connected with the end of the bundle of fibers. An output connector is located on a front end of the generally elongate sealed housing for transmitting an output voltage in response to a neutron event. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140151566 | NEUTRON SPECTROMETER - A neutron spectrometer is described. The spectrometer includes a first conversion screen ( | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140158891 | 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. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140166887 | SCINTILLATOR ARRAYS AND METHODS OF MAKING SCINTILLATOR ARRAYS - Scintillator arrays and methods of making scintillator arrays are provided. One scintillator array includes a scintillator substrate having a plurality of scintillators spaced apart by gaps within the scintillator substrate and a smoothing layer overlaying a surface of the scintillator substrate within the gaps. The smoothing layer includes an organically modified silicate. The scintillator array also includes an optical reflector layer overlaying a surface of the smoothing layer within the gaps. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140166888 | SENSING APPARATUS AND THE PIXEL STRUCTURE THEREOF - A pixel structure includes a first photoelectric conversion layer, a second photoelectric conversion layer, a blocking layer, a first electronic element layer and a second electronic element layer. The first photoelectric conversion layer converts a first energy portion of an X-ray into a first electrical signal and the second photoelectric conversion converts a second energy portion thereof into a second electrical signal. The blocking layer is disposed between the first and second photoelectric conversion layers to filter out partial ray with a portion of the frequency range of the X-ray. The first electronic element layer is disposed between the first photoelectric conversion layer and the blocking layer to enable the first photoelectric conversion layer and receive the first electrical signal; the second electronic element layer is disposed between the second photoelectric conversion layer and the blocking layer to enable the second photoelectric conversion layer and receive the second electrical signal. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140166889 | TRANSPARENT GLASS SCINTILLATORS, METHODS OF MAKING SAME AND DEVICES USING SAME - Compositions and methods are described for transparent glass composite having nanoparticles therein that scintillate in the presence of nuclear radiation, particularly gamma rays, but also x-rays, alpha particles, beta particles, and neutrons. The transparent glass composites can be prepared by a melt/cool process to produce the transparent glass composite. The wavelength of light emitted by the transparent glass composite can be tailored based on the materials used to make the glass composite. A detector that utilizes the transparent glass composite can measure nuclear radiation from numerous sources. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140175295 | SCINTILLATOR, RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS, AND RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEM - A scintillator includes a scintillator layer having a plurality of columnar crystals configured to convert radiation into light, and a covering layer configured to cover the scintillator layer. The scintillator layer includes a protrusion. The covering layer covers the scintillator layer to prevent the protrusion from breaking through the covering layer, and contains particles configured to convert radiation into light. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140175296 | GAMMA RAY SCINTILLATION DETECTOR PRESERVING THE ORIGINAL SCINTILLATION LIGHT DISTRIBUTION - An apparatus to detect gamma rays, comprising a scintillator, a position sensitive photo sensor and a scintillation-light-incidence-angle-constraining, SLIAC, element, the scintillator has faces and the position sensitive photo sensor detects scintillation photons exiting a scintillation photons transparent face of the scintillator, and a portion of a scintillator face is covered with an absorbing layer, which absorbs scintillation photons created by scintillation events due to the interaction of incoming gamma rays with the scintillator, and the SLIAC element is optically coupled between a scintillation photons transparent face of the scintillator and the position sensitive photo sensor and the SLIAC element guides the scintillation photons exiting the scintillator towards the position sensitive photo sensor, and the SLIAC element restricts the maximum allowed half light acceptance angle for the scintillation light hitting the position sensitive photo sensor to less than 45°. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140183369 | USE OF FLAT PANEL MICROCHANNEL PHOTOMULTIPLIERS IN SAMPLING CALORIMETERS WITH TIMING - Large-area, flat-panel photo-detectors with sub-nanosecond time resolution based on microchannel plates are provided. The large-area, flat-panel photo-detectors enable the economic construction of sampling calorimeters with, for example, enhanced capability to measure local energy deposition, depth-of-interaction, time-of-flight, and/or directionality of showers. In certain embodiments, sub-nanosecond timing resolution supplies correlated position and time measurements over large areas. The use of thin flat-panel viewing radiators on both sides of a radiation-creating medium allows simultaneous measurement of Cherenkov and scintillation radiation in each layer of the calorimeter. The detectors may be used in a variety of applications including, for example, medical imaging, security, and particle and nuclear physics. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140183370 | X-RAY LINE DETECTOR - An X-ray line detector includes a housing having an upper part a lower part and a linear inlet slot for X-ray radiation to be detected. At least one detector element including a plurality of linearly arranged photodiodes is disposed opposite the inlet slot. Each photodiode is arranged on a printed circuit board mounted on a base carrier disposed in the housing. Each photodiode has a multiplicity of pixels including respective active areas of equal width arranged equidistantly in relation to each other with distances between the active areas being equidistant. Adjacent printed circuit boards are spaced apart from each other at a distance such that edge pixels on the respective adjacent printed circuit boards are disposed at a distance from one another corresponding to a sum of the width of the active area of a pixel and twice the distance between adjacent pixels of a photodiode. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140197321 | COMPOSITE GAMMA-NEUTRON DETECTION SYSTEM - The present invention provides a gamma-neutron detector based on mixtures of thermal neutron absorbers that produce heavy-particle emission following thermal capture. The detector consists of one or more thin screens embedded in transparent hydrogenous light guides, which also serve as a neutron moderator. The emitted particles interact with the scintillator screen and produce a high light output, which is collected by the light guides into a photomultiplier tube and produces a signal from which the neutrons are counted. Simultaneous gamma-ray detection is provided by replacing the light guide material with a plastic scintillator. The plastic scintillator serves as the gamma-ray detector, moderator and light guide. The neutrons and gamma-ray events are separated employing Pulse-Shape Discrimination (PSD). The detector can be used in several scanning configurations including portal, drive-through, drive-by, handheld and backpack, etc. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140197322 | MULTI-SPOT COLLECTION OPTICS - Apparatus for detecting optical radiation emitted from an array of spots on an object. The apparatus includes a plurality of light guides having respective input ends and output ends, with the input ends ordered in a geometrical arrangement corresponding to the array of the spots. Relay optics collect and focus the optical radiation from the object onto the input ends such that each input end receives the optical radiation from a corresponding one of the spots. Multiple detectors and each coupled to receive the optical radiation from an output end of a respective one of the light guides. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140203180 | SCINTILLATION DETECTOR WITH ACTIVE LIGHT GUIDE - A scintillation detector array includes a scintillator array comprising a plurality of scintillator elements, a photodetector array comprising a plurality of photodetector elements, an active light guide separating the scintillator array from the photodetector array. The active light guide formed of a scintillator material having different emission properties than the plurality of scintillator elements. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140231654 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING RADIATION FIELDS - A radiation detector that can be used to detect the intensity of radiation fields and provide feedback to the user about the location of radiation fields. The radiation detector has a number of radiation detection volumes that are arranged in a staggered pattern relative to a sweeping direction of the radiation detector. The staggered arrangement of the detection volumes allows a large gap-free detection volume that is composed of smaller detection volumes in order to provide adequate sensitivity. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140231655 | MODELLING OF ToF-DOI DETECTOR ARRAYS - The invention is directed to several crystal arrangements for time-of-flight (ToF) positron emission tomography (PET) with depth of interaction (DOI) encoding for high spatial, energy and timing resolution. Additionally, several implementations of the ToF-DOI PET detector arrays are proposed with related measurements which all show that no timing degradation is visible in the used setup for first photon trigger for digital silicon photo multipliers (dSiPMs). | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140239184 | RADIATION TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS - The disclosure has one object to provide a radiation tomography apparatus of a low price that facilitates a design change of a detector ring to suppress costs of development. The radiation tomography apparatus according to the disclosure includes a plurality of modules configured to receive detected data from different radiation detectors. Then, the modules each send and receive the detected data to and from one another, thereby sharing the detected data and counting the number of coincidence events. That is, when manufacturing radiation tomography apparatus, merely wiring the coincidence modules achieves implementation of the coincidence unit. This allows manufacturing the radiation tomography apparatus without new development of a substrate for performing coincidence. Consequently, the radiation tomography apparatus of a low price can be provided with suppressed costs of the development. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140246594 | GAMMA DETECTOR BASED ON GEIGERMODE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES - A Gamma Detector ( | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140252239 | DIGITAL X-RAY IMAGE SENSOR DRIVE - A digital X-ray image sensor device comprising a fibre-optic scintillating layer for converting X-rays into optical radiation and a photoelectric conversion layer for converting the optical radiation into electrical signals, the photoelectric conversion layer comprising an array of CMOS sensor elements, wherein each of the sensor elements has a composite exposure response characteristic comprising a low exposure region characterized by a first gain and a high exposure region characterized by a second gain, wherein the first gain is higher than the second gain. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140264044 | SCINTILLATOR MATERIAL AND RADIATION DETECTOR USING SAME - Improvement in luminescence intensity is demanded from a scintillator material. The present invention provides a new scintillator material by adding a specific element selected from thallium and indium to a material having a basic composition represented by an alkali element:copper:a halogen element=3:2:5. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140284485 | RADIATION DETECTING DEVICE AND RADIATION DETECTING SYSTEM - A radiation detecting device of a cassette type having flexibility includes a deformation maintaining mechanism configured to maintain a state of the radiation detecting device that is deformed to match an arbitrary surface profile of a subject. The deformation maintaining mechanism is arranged on at least one of a surface of a sensor panel on a sensor substrate side and a surface of the sensor panel on a scintillator side. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140291530 | RADIATION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - In order to obtain a radiation measurement system in which a shield is reduced in size to achieve reduction in cost and missing measurement is not present in the whole measurement range, and which is good in stability and responsiveness, a radiation detector which is low in measurement range of radiation is arranged in a sample vessel in which a sample gas serving as a radiation measurement object is made to flow; a radiation detector, which is high in measurement range having a measurement range that follows the radiation detector which is low in measurement range of radiation, is arranged outside the sample vessel; and the sample vessel and a plurality of the radiation detectors are surrounded by a shield to shield from environmental radiation. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140291531 | Portable Detection Apparatus and Method - A portable detection apparatus can include a housing, a first detector for detecting ionizing radiation from a first subject and a second detector within the housing for the detecting the background radiation. A shield within the housing can surround the first and second detectors and define a shield aperture around the first and second detectors for radiation from the subject to enter the housing. A radiation blocking member can substantially block at least a portion of the ionizing radiation from reaching the second detector, whereby radiation detected by the second detector comprises substantially only the background radiation. A processor module can be connected to the first and second detectors for determining the amount of ionizing radiation detected by the first detector attributable to secondary radiation. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140299777 | DEPTH-OF-INTERACTION SCINTILLATION DETECTORS - The invention disclosed herein relates to a scintillation detector for registering the position of gamma photon interactions, an comprises an array of two or more elongated first and second scintillation crystal elements connected together along their respective long sides, and an array of discrete photosensitive areas disposed on a common substrate of a solid-state semiconductor photo-detector. The array of first and second scintillation crystal elements have proximal output windows optically coupled to the array of discrete photosensitive areas in a one-to-one relationship. The invention may be characterized in that the first and second scintillation crystal elements include a rooftop portion at their distal ends, wherein the rooftop portion optically couples one of the first and second scintillation crystal elements to the other and is configured to reflect and transmit light resulting from a gamma photon interaction from one of the first and second scintillation crystal elements to the other. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140306117 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RADIATION DETECTION - Embodiments of the invention provide a radiation detector, comprising a convertor comprising an inorganic scintillator for absorbing incident neutrons and outputting photons, a light collecting body arranged in relation to a wavelength shifting fibre for receiving photons from the convertor and directing the photons to the wavelength shifting fibre, and one or more photo-detectors arranged to receive photons from the wavelength shifting fibre and output electrical signals in response thereto. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140306118 | DEDICATED CARDIAC PET - A detector is provided. A plurality of scintillation crystals is provided, where each scintillation crystal has a width, and wherein a first plurality of scintillation crystals is placed adjacent to each other so that first surfaces of the first plurality of scintillation crystals form a first rectangular surface. A reflective coating is formed over the first rectangular surface with an open region grid pattern, wherein each open region forms a space wherein each space has a width equal to the width of a scintillation crystal of the plurality of crystals. A plurality of photodetectors is provided, wherein each photodetector is placed over a space, wherein the photodetector has a width greater than the width of the space over which the photodetector is placed. At least one electronic readout is electrically connected to the plurality of photodetectors. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140326892 | IMAGE PICKUP PANEL AND IMAGE PICKUP PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image pickup panel ( | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140326893 | IMAGER OF AN ISOTROPIC LIGHT SOURCE EXHIBITING ENHANCED DETECTION EFFICIENCY - A radiation imager including: a detector block including at least one detector configured to emit an optical signal from incident radiation to be imaged; a reading block that converts the optical signal into an electrical signal, including a plurality of photodetectors; a plurality of resin portions between the detector block and the photodetectors, in contact with the detector block and in contact with the photodetectors, the resin portions being separated by air, the resin portions including at least a part with cross-section increasing from the detector block to the reading block. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140332690 | Stereo detection circuit for detecting neutrons - A neutron detector circuit for a neutron detector is disclosed that includes a scintillator having a plurality of wavelength shifting optical fibers. A first detection circuit is connected with a first PMT output that is configured to generate a first detection circuit output in response to a first neutron event. A second detection circuit is connected with a second PMT output that is configured to generate a second detection circuit output in response to a second neutron event. A coincidence detection circuit is included that has inputs connected with the first and second detection circuit outputs that is configured to generate a neutron event count output pulse in response to coincident signals being received by the coincidence detection circuit from the first and second detection circuit outputs. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140339432 | AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT AND IMAGE SENSOR USING AMPLIFIER - There is a problem that in an image sensor including an amplifier in each pixel, when a thin-film semiconductor is used as a transistor constituting the amplifier, voltage continues to be applied between source and gate of the transistor and thereby a threshold voltage value of the transistor varies, resulting in a variation of signal voltage. To solve the problem, a thin-film transistor formed with an oxide semiconductor is used as the transistor constituting the amplifier, and during a period other than a period of outputting an output of the amplifier, source potential of the transistor is controlled to be equal to drain potential thereof. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140353513 | UNIVERSAL KV-MV IMAGERS - An x-ray imaging device may include a detector array and an x-ray converting layer coupled to the detector array. The detector array and the x-ray converting layer may be configured such that x-rays traverse the detector array before propagating in the x-ray converting layer. The x-ray imaging device may also include a buildup layer behind the x-ray converting layer. The x-ray imaging device may be used as a “universal” imager for both MV and kV imaging. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140361180 | RADIATION IMAGE-PICKUP DEVICE AND RADIATION IMAGE-PICKUP DISPLAY SYSTEM - A radiation image-pickup device includes: a plurality of pixels configured to generate signal charge based on radiation; a first substrate including a transistor configured to read out the signal charge; a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate; a conversion layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, the conversion layer being provided for each of the pixels, and being configured to convert the radiation to other wavelength or an electric signal; a partition provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, to partition the conversion layer for each of the pixels; and a radiation shielding layer provided to face the partition. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140361181 | TILE MOUNTING FOR PET DETECTORS - A nuclear scanner includes an annular support structure ( | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140367576 | PHOTODETECTOR AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS - A photodetector according to an embodiment includes: a photodetector element unit including a first cell array including a plurality of first cells arranged in an array and a second cell array including a plurality of second cells arranged in an array, each of the first and second cells including a photoelectric conversion element, the second cell array being arranged to be adjacent to the first cell array; a first pulse height analyzer unit analyzing a pulse height of an electrical signal outputted from the first cell array; a second pulse height analyzer unit analyzing a pulse height of an electrical signal outputted from the second cell array; and a signal processing unit determining non-uniformity of a distribution of photons entering the first and second cell arrays using an output signal of the first pulse height analyzer unit and an output signal of the second pulse height analyzer unit. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140367577 | MODULAR POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY KIT - Systems and methods for a positron emission tomography (PET) kit are described. A PET detector kit may include a gantry, a plurality of PET detector modules, and an event processing device. A PET detector module may include a housing, a crystal, a light detector, and a communication component. The housing may include at least one connective element configured to removably and adjustably couple the PET detector module to the gantry. The crystal may be located within the housing. The light detector may be configured to detect light emitted by the crystal. The communication component may be configured to communicate data from the at least one light detector to an event processing device. The event processing device may receive data from the plurality of PET detector modules and may cause the one or more processors to determine coincidence events based on the received data. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140374608 | RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a radiation detection apparatus, includes a bonding step of bonding, on a support substrate, a sensor substrate including a photoelectric converter in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged, by using a bonding layer including a passage which exhausts a gas between the support substrate and the sensor substrate, and a formation step of forming a scintillator layer on the photoelectric converter after the bonding step. The bonding layer has a heat resistance by which bonding between the support substrate and the sensor substrate by the bonding layer is maintained in the formation step. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150060676 | ORGANIC X-RAY DETECTOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - An x-ray detector assembly is disclosed that includes a mounting substrate having a plurality of electrical contacts, the mounting substrate comprising one of an integrated circuit and a circuit board. The x-ray detector assembly also includes a first electrode patterned on a first portion of a top surface of the mounting substrate, wherein the first electrode is electrically coupled to the plurality of electrical contacts. An organic photodiode layer is formed atop the first electrode and has a bottom surface electrically connected to the first electrode. A second electrode is coupled to a top surface of the organic photodiode layer and a scintillator is coupled to the second electrode. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150060677 | X-RAY DETECTOR - An X-ray detector is disclosed, in particular for a computed tomography system. In an embodiment, the X-ray detector includes a regular arrangement of measuring pixels for covering a measuring surface. A plurality of the measuring pixels of the regular arrangement are constructed as direct converting measuring pixels, and remaining ones of the measuring pixels are constructed as indirect converting measuring pixels. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150090891 | SPECT/PET IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging system ( | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150115163 | SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTODETECTOR AND RADIAL RAY DETECTOR - Provided is a radiation detector including a scintillator which generates, when a radial ray enters, scintillation light having light intensity according to energy of the radial ray, and then supplies a photon of the scintillation light to each of a plurality of pixels, a radial ray detection unit which detects whether or not the radial ray is made to enter based on a number of the photons supplied in an exposure period whenever the plurality of pixels are exposed by the scintillation light over the exposure period, and an exposure period adjusting unit which adjusts the exposure period based on an incident frequency of the detected radial ray. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150144796 | RADIOGRAPHIC DETECTOR ARRAYS INCLUDING SCINTILLATORS AND METHODS FOR SAME - Embodiments relate to detector imaging arrays with scintillators (e.g., scintillating phosphor screens) mounted to imaging arrays or radiographic detectors using the same. For example, the detector imaging arrays can include a scintillator, an imaging array comprising imaging pixels, where each imaging pixel comprises at least one readout element and one photosensor; and a first dielectric layer formed between the scintillator and the imaging layer, wherein the dielectric constant of the insulating layer is very low. Embodiments according to the application can include a second dielectric layer formed over at least a portion of the non-photosensitive regions of the array and/or a first dielectric layer, each with a dielectric constant. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150144797 | ACTIVE PULSE SHAPING OF SOLID STATE PHOTOMULTIPLIER SIGNALS - Photomultipliers are disclosed which comprise circuitry for detecting photo electric events and generating short digital pulses in response. In one embodiment, the photomultipliers comprise solid state photomultipliers having an array of microcells. The microcells, in one embodiment, in response to incident photons, generate a digital pulse signal having a duration of about 2 ns or less. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150301194 | GUARD EFFICIENCY COMPENSATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A liquid scintillation counting system employs a guard detector efficiency compensation system to adjust sample event counts to compensate for a non-ideal guard which may not detect all cosmic and environmental gamma background noise events. The system and method determines counts of events detected coincidently by a guard detector subsystem and a sample detector subsystem in one or more energy regions as well as counts of events that are detected by the sample detector subsystem and not coincidently detected by the guard detector subsystem for the respective energy regions. The system and method calculates correction values for the respective energy regions based on the counts of coincident and non-coincident events and the guard efficiency values associated with the respective energy regions, using, for example, a quenched or unquenched sample. The system then applies the calculated correction values to counts for the respective energy regions, to produce corrected sample event counts. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150303228 | CMOS IMAGING DEVICE HAVING OPTIMIZED SHAPE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A DEVICE BY MEANS OF PHOTOCOMPOSITION - An imaging device comprises a sensor of surface area of at least 10 cm | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150323681 | LIGHT DETECTION UNIT AND ALPHA RAY OBSERVATION DEVICE - A light detecting unit of an alpha ray observation device observes an alpha ray by measuring generated light that is generated by the alpha ray produced in a region of a to-be-measured object. The light detecting unit has a travel direction changing unit that changes the direction of travel of generated light, a light detector that detects direction-changed light, which is the generated light after the direction of travel is changed, and a shielding member that shields the light detector from radiation and has a portion that is provided on the line from the to-be-measured object to the light detector. The shielding member may also surround the perimeter of the light detector and have an opening to allow generated light to reach the travel direction changing unit. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150355342 | SCINTILLATOR PANEL MANUFACTURING METHOD, SCINTILLATOR PANEL, AND RADIATION DETECTOR - Provided is a method of manufacturing a scintillator panel configured to convert radiation into scintillation light, the method including a first process of forming a plurality of convex sections that protrude from a rear surface toward a front surface of the substrate in a predetermined direction and concave section defined by the convex sections on the front surface of the substrate having the front surface and the rear surface, a second process of forming first scintillator units respectively extending from the convex sections of the substrate in the predetermined direction through crystal growth of a columnar crystal of a scintillator material, and a third process of radiating a laser beam to contact portions of the first scintillator units extending from the adjacent convex sections and separating the first scintillator units extending from the adjacent convex sections by scanning the concave section with the laser beam. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150378032 | X-RAY DETECTION BOARD AND MANUFACTURE METHOD THEREOF, AND X-RAY DETECTION DEVICE - An X-ray detection board and a manufacture method thereof, and an X-ray detection device are disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention. The X-ray detection board comprises: a substrate; photoelectric conversion devices disposed on the substrate; a conversion layer disposed on the photoelectric conversion devices and configured to convert X-rays into visible light; and a packaging layer disposed on the conversion layer and having a plurality of transmission windows, wherein the photoelectric conversion devices correspond in position to the transmission windows, respectively, and wherein condenser lenses for condensing the light converted by the conversion layer are disposed on sides of the photoelectric conversion devices facing the transmission windows. A light condensing effect is improved by use of the condenser lenses such as microlenses so that more light can be projected upon the photoelectric conversion devices through the condenser lenses. As a result, a quantum efficiency and thus an imaging effect are improved. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160003952 | POLYHEDRAL-SHAPED RADIATION COUNTER - Provided is a polyhedral-shaped radiation counter which measures a radiation level of a radioactive material, in which sensor modules configured to measure the radiation level are disposed at vertexes of a polyhedral shape, respectively, and the sensor modules are connected to each other by rod-shaped frame members disposed in edge positions of the polyhedral shape and face parts of the polyhedral shape form an open space. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160025868 | RADIATION DETECTOR AND RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE RADIOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A radiation detector and a radiological image radiographing apparatus capable of improving the quality of an obtained radiological image without causing an additional cost are provided. A first scintillator configured to include columnar crystals generating first light corresponding to a radiation emitted through a TFT substrate is laminated on the other surface of the TFT substrate that has a first photoelectric conversion element, which has one surface from which a radiation is emitted and the other surface from which at least one of the first light and the second light is emitted and which generates electric charges corresponding to the light, and a first switching element. A second scintillator which generates second light corresponding to a radiation emitted through the first scintillator and has different energy characteristics of absorbed radiations from the first scintillator is laminated on a surface of the first scintillator not facing the TFT substrate. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160033655 | IMAGE PICKUP PANEL AND IMAGE PICKUP PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image pickup panel ( | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160041278 | SCINTILLATOR PANEL AND RADIATION DETECTOR INCLUDING THE SAME - A scintillator panel includes a resin substrate, a phosphor layer which is formed on the resin substrate and converts radiation into visible light, a first moisture-proof protective body that is bonded to a surface of the resin substrate opposite to a surface of the resin substrate, on which the phosphor layer is formed, through an adhesive layer, and a second moisture-proof protective body that is formed so as to integrally cover from a surface of the phosphor layer to a part of a surface of the first moisture-proof protective body opposite to an adhesive surface of the first moisture-proof protective body. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160054456 | DETECTOR FOR DETECTING THE TRACES OF IONIZING PARTICLES - A detector for detecting the traces of ionizing particles includes a scintillator capable of emitting photons when ionizing particles pass therethrough; a first imager capable of detecting each photon emitted by the scintillator, and a first microlens array, each microlens of the first microlens array being arranged such as to produce an image of the trace of the particles by focusing the photons emitted in the scintillator on the first imager. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160056717 | POWER SUPPLY STABILIZING CIRCUIT AND PHOTODETECTOR USING THE SAME - A power supply stabilizing circuit includes a diode having a cathode connected to an output terminal of a direct current power circuit configured to generate a direct current voltage and to supply the voltage therefrom to a load circuit, and a capacitor connected to an anode of the diode. The power supply stabilizing circuit may further include a transistor having a first terminal connected to the output terminal of the direct current power circuit, a second terminal connected to a connection node between the diode and the capacitor, and a switching electrode connected to the connection node. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160061963 | RADIATION DETECTING ELEMENT, RADIATION DETECTING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF RADIATION DETECTING ELEMENT - When a scintillator and a reinforcing member are bonded by using an adhesive, scattering and reflection occur at interfaces between the scintillator and the adhesive and between the adhesive and the reinforcing member. Due to this, a blurred image is formed on a sensor, and the resolution deteriorates. A radiation detecting element comprises: a substrate transparent to visible light; and a fluorescent screen that emits fluorescence in response to radiation by a dopant added to a material that is the same as a material of the substrate, wherein the fluorescent screen is thinner than the substrate, and the substrate and the fluorescent screen are bonded while maintaining continuity of a refractive index. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160070003 | X-RAY RADIATION DETECTOR WITH AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE CONTROL - A radiation detection system is provided comprising a scintillator capable of converting the radiation to visible light; at least two buttable CMOS wafers; an adjacent acquisition board, for acquiring pixel values; and at least one processing board capable of image edge detection. The butt of each pair of adjacent CMOS wafers is made such that the total width of the two peripheral pixel lines and the spacing between them sums to a whole number of pixel pitch, N, and wherein the processing board: a) subtracts the corresponding data of an offset table from pixel values; b) multiplies the resulted value by the data of the skewed gain table; c) substitutes the values of at least one defective pixel by a value derived from values of pixels in a zone around the defective pixel, in a way that the image edge is not affected; and d) produces N virtual data lines with information derived from the two peripheral lines and the lines adjacent to them, wherein said data is composed such that edges presented in the peripheral and adjacent line is conserved in the additional N lines. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070006 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODULAR IMAGING DETECTORS - An imaging system includes plural modular imaging detectors and a readout electronics unit. Each modular imaging detector includes pixels configured to collect imaging data, a substrate on which the pixels are disposed, and a mechanical interconnection feature. The mechanical interconnection feature is configured to cooperate with a corresponding mechanical interconnection feature of at least one other of the modular imaging detectors to directly join the modular imaging detector to the at least one other of the modular imaging detectors. The readout electronics unit is configured to be operably coupled to the modular imaging detectors and to receive signals corresponding to the imaging data from the modular imaging detectors. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160116605 | USE OF FLAT PANEL MICROCHANNEL PHOTOMULTIPLIERS IN SAMPLING CALORIMETERS WITH TIMING - Large-area, flat-panel photo-detectors with sub-nanosecond time resolution based on microchannel plates are provided. The large-area, flat-panel photo-detectors enable the economic construction of sampling calorimeters with, for example, enhanced capability to measure local energy deposition, depth-of-interaction, time-of-flight, and/or directionality of showers. In certain embodiments, sub-nanosecond timing resolution supplies correlated position and time measurements over large areas. The use of thin flat-panel viewing radiators on both sides of a radiation-creating medium allows simultaneous measurement of Cherenkov and scintillation radiation in each layer of the calorimeter. The detectors may be used in a variety of applications including, for example, medical imaging, security, and particle and nuclear physics. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160116606 | SCINTILLATOR PANEL AND RADIATION DETECTOR - A scintillator panel includes: a flexible substrate; a phosphor arranged on the flexible substrate; and a thermal expansion compensation layer disposed between the flexible substrate and the phosphor, wherein a linear expansion coefficient of the thermal expansion compensation layer is greater than a thermal expansion coefficient of the phosphor, and surfaces, of the thermal expansion compensation layer and of the flexible substrate, in contact with each other each contain an organic substance. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160135765 | ACTIVE WATER PHANTOM FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL ION BEAM THERAPY QUALITY ASSURANCE - An Active Water Phantom is designed to provide fast, accurate, high resolution, complete Quality Assurance of patient-specific treatment plans utilizing intensity-modulated Ion Beam Therapy, prior to their delivery to the patient. The detection medium is a tissue-equivalent water-based liquid scintillator material. A three-dimensional pattern of scintillation light, emitted upon ion beam irradiation, is reconstructed from three orthogonal two-dimensional light yield profiles, which are read out for each individual beam energy layer. The 3-D information has dose measurement accuracy 1-2% and spatial resolution 1-2 millimeters. The measurement sequence provides up to four orders of magnitude more data characterizing the treatment plan than currently commercially available alternatives, all in a time period no greater than that needed for actual delivery of the dose fraction to a patient. The system provides sophisticated control and readout of the cameras or photo-detectors, data archiving and analysis, simulation capabilities, and 3-D dose image reconstruction and visualization. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160139277 | SCINTILLATION PIXEL ARRAY, RADIATION SENSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SCINTILLATION PIXEL ARRAY AND A METHOD OF FORMING A SCINTILLATION PIXEL ARRAY - The disclosure relates to a scintillation pixel array, a radiation sensing apparatus, a scintillation apparatus, and methods of making a scintillation pixel array wherein scintillation pixels have beveled surfaces and a reflective material around the beveled surfaces. The embodiments described herein can reduce the amount of cross-talk between adjacent scintillation pixels. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160170040 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCINTILLATORS HAVING MICRO-CRACK SURFACES | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160181307 | INTEGRATED SCINTILLATOR GRID WITH PHOTODIODES | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160187496 | MODULAR POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET) GANTRY - A modular PET gantry is provided herein. A detector module is described, and the detector module includes a plurality of PET detector units. Each detector unit may be bonded to a mounting sleeve. The detector module also includes a mounting frame, wherein each detector unit and mounting sleeve is attached to the mounting frame. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160187501 | THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY TYPE RADIATION DETECTOR - A thin-layer chromatography type radiation detector includes a plurality of light-emitting members configured to generate visible light due to radiation, each of the light-emitting members including a scintillator having a surface filled with a reflector for reflecting the visible light, and are arranged in parallel to one another in a width direction, light sensors respectively coupled to one end portions of the plurality of light-emitting members and configured to measure a current generated due to the visible light generated by the plurality of light-emitting members, and an output port configured to sequentially output values of the current measured by the light sensors as digital signals. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160202361 | ARRAY CRYSTAL MODULE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160202362 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND RADIATION INSPECTION APPARATUS | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160252630 | RADIATION DETECTOR, RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING DEVICE AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM | 09-01-2016 |
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