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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120126130 | REDUCTION OF NOISE CAUSED BY ABSORPTION OF X-RAY PHOTONS IN PIXELATED IMAGE SENSORS There is provided a method and corresponding device for noise generated by absorption of x-ray photons in an image sensor having a number of pixels. The method is based on identifying (S1) so-called hot pixels affected by absorption of x-rays, and calculating (S<... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126128 | 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 conf... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126129 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS A radiographic image capturing apparatus includes a photodetector substrate, a scintillator, a switching filter, and a resetting light source, which are arranged successively in this order. If the switching filter is made permeable to resetting light from the resetting ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126127 | RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF USING THE SAME A radiation detection system can include a scintillator that is capable of emitting scintillating light in response to capturing different types of targeted radiation, a photosensor optically coupled to the scintillator, and a control module electrically coupled to the ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 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 arran... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120104266 | RADIATION DETECTING ELEMENT, METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME, RADIATION DETECTING MODULE, AND RADIATION IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS A method of producing a radiation detecting element with an improved resolution property, a radiation detecting element, a radiation detecting module, and a radiation image diagnostic apparatus are provided. The radiation detecting element includes a scintillator layer ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104261 | FUEL ASSEMBLY RADIATION MEASURING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MEASURING RADIATION OF FUEL ASSEMBLY A fuel assembly radiation measuring apparatus has a radiation signal generation apparatus including a LaBr3(Ce) scintillator, an A/D converter, a signal processing apparatus, and a data analysis apparatus. The signal processing apparatus has a FPGA and a CPU.... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120080600 | DETECTION APPARATUS AND RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEM A stacked-type detection apparatus includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix having row and column directions. Each pixel includes a conversion element configured to convert radiation or light into an electric charge, and a switch element configured to output ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120068077 | METHOD TO IMPROVE THE TIME RESOLUTION OF DIGITAL SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIERS A radiation detector module (10) for use in a time-of-flight positron emission tomography (TOF-PET) scanner (8) generates a trigger signal indicative of a detected radiation event. A timing circuit (22) including a first time-to-digital converter (T... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120043465 | Flat Image Detector and Method for the Generation of Medical Digital Images In a flat image detector and method for the generation of medical digital images, the flat image detector is in particular suitable for a medical X-ray device and equipped with at least one active matrix (MX, MX2) made up of pixel-readout units, wherein the light... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120032085 | SPECTRAL IMAGING An imaging system includes a scintillator array (202) and a digital photomultiplier array (204). A photon counting channel (212), an integrating channel (210), and a moment generating channel (214) process the output signal of the digi... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120012752 | DENTAL RADIOLOGY APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD USED THEREWITH A dental radiology apparatus having: an intraoral sensor comprising a detector that includes an active pixel array produced using biCMOS technology and converting a received x-ray into at least one analog electrical output signal; an electronic module encapsulated in a ... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120012753 | 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 one embodiment includes a plurality of signal output units. Each of the plurality of signal output units includes a first input terminal electrode group that includes a plurality of terminal electrodes for inputting a reset sign... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120006993 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM An imaging apparatus has an imaging area formed by arranging a plurality of imaging blocks each including a pixel array, a plurality of vertical signal lines, a horizontal output line commonly provided for the plurality of vertical signal lines to read out signals read ... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120001082 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM A response with a wider dynamic range is obtained without a need for irradiating strong radiation onto a subject (human body). A CCD controller 22 allows reading of imaging signals from CCD image sensors 1 to 12, which is performed twice during diff... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110315885 | HIGH EFFECTIVE ATOMIC NUMBER POLYMER SCINTILLATORS FOR GAMMA RAY SPECTROSCOPY A scintillator material according to one embodiment includes a bismuth-loaded aromatic polymer having an energy resolution at 662 keV of less than about 10%. A scintillator material according to another embodiment includes a bismuth-loaded aromatic polymer having a fluo... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110315888 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DATA ACQUISITION USING AN IMAGING APPARATUS A detector tile (116) of an imaging detector array (112) includes a scintillator array (202), a photosensor array (204), which includes a plurality of photosensitive pixels, optically coupled to the scintillator array (202), and a curr... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110315887 | RADIATION IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, RADIATION IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RADIATION IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS A radiation image pickup apparatus includes a base which transmits ultraviolet rays, a plurality of image pickup elements, a scintillator, at least one ultraviolet peelable adhesive arranged between the base and the image pickup elements so as to fix the base and the im... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110309258 | RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM A radiation detection apparatus comprising: a sensor panel including a photoelectric conversion region and an electrically conductive pattern that is electrically connected to the photoelectric conversion region; a scintillator layer disposed over the photoelectric conv... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110311022 | Counting Detector And Computed Tomography System A counting detector is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the counting detector includes sensors for converting radiation quanta into electrical pulses and an evaluation unit with a number of energy thresholds, wherein the evaluation unit generates for each sensor a... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110293066 | Low-Cost Position-Sensitive X-Ray Detector A detector and methods for producing x-ray images, more particularly based on x-rays transmitted through an inspected object. A scintillating region is translated along a path within a cross section of a beam, the cross section taken in a plane distal to the object with... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110291018 | RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS AND RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM A radiation detection apparatus including: a sensor panel having a first face on which a pixel region is formed and a second face that is opposite the first face and including a connecting portion at one or more sides; a scintillator layer formed over the pixel region; ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110284753 | Method and Apparatus for Extending a Scintillation Counter's Dynamic Range A semiconductor diode scintillation detector probe, in conjunction with a base-line-stabilized, wide-bandwidth first amplifying circuit DC-coupled to a constrained-bandwidth second amplifying circuit DC-coupled, in turn, to a novel analog threshold discriminator circuit... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110272585 | Halide Scintillator for Radiation Detection A halide scintillator material is disclosed. The material is single-crystalline and has a composition of the formula A3MBr6(1-x)Cl6x (such as Cs3CeBr6(1-x)Cl6x) or AM2Br7(1-x)Cl... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110260068 | RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION MONITORING DEVICE AND MONITORING METHOD Provided are a radioactive contamination monitoring device and a radioactive contamination monitoring method for enabling easy detection of radiation from an object to be monitored in a little surrounding space. The radioactive contamination monitoring device comprises ... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110253900 | LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM, SENSOR, CONVERTER ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Charged particle beamlet lithography system for transferring a pattern to a surface of a target comprising a sensor for determining one or more characteristics of one or more charged particle beamlets. The sensor comprises a converter element for receiving charged parti... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110240868 | X-RAY DETECTOR The application describes an X-ray detector for use in a medical equipment, wherein the detector comprises an unit for transforming X-ray radiation into electrical charge, a first capacitor for being charged by an electrical charge, wherein the first capacitor is electr... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110240864 | AUTONOMOUS DETECTOR MODULE AS A BUILDING BLOCK FOR SCALABLE PET AND SPECT SYSTEMS When detecting scintillation events in a nuclear imaging system, time-stamping and energy-gating processing is incorporated into autonomous detection modules (ADM) (14) to reduce downstream processing. Each ADM (14) is removably coupled to a detector fixtu... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110226957 | RADIOACTIVE RAY DETECTING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND IMAGING SYSTEM According to one embodiment, a radioactive ray detecting apparatus includes: a scintillator that produces visible light from a radioactive ray; a light detecting portion including a light receiving element that generates an electrical signal on a basis of intensity of v... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110220802 | 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 l... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110220803 | RADIATION SIGNAL-PROCESSING UNIT AND RADIATION DETECTOR PROVIDED WITH THE SAME A radiation signal-processing unit including a position identifying device for identifying an incident radiation position in a radiation detector; a count data-memory device for storing positional information outputted from the position identifying device, a count ratio... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110215249 | SIGNAL LIGHT DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF DETECTING SIGNAL LIGHT An electric signal produced by a photo-electric conversion element(104) is input to a comparator (120). The comparator (120) judges whether the electric signal output from the amplifier (110) exceeds a reference voltage or not, and outputs a ... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110204244 | Neutron Detector A neutron detector is disclosed. The neutron detector includes an optically transparent, low density solid porous matrix containing nanoparticles of a neutron absorbing material having a neutron absorption capture cross-section of at least about 70 barns, optionally dop... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110192980 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING FOR ANODE GAIN NON-UNIFORMITY IN MULTI-ANODE POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE The present invention relates to a system and method for compensating for anode gain non-uniformity in a Multi-anode Position Sensitive Photomultiplier Tube (PS-PMT), in which a compensation unit is disposed between the multi-anode position sensitive photomultiplier tub... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110192979 | AUTOMATIC GAIN STABILIZATION AND TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION FOR ORGANIC AND/OR PLASTIC SCINTILLATION DEVICES A detector and associated method are provided including a first scintillation material having a light yield temperature dependence and an output at a first energy level, a second scintillation material having a light yield temperature dependence similar to the first mat... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110186740 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING PHOTOMULTIPLIER GAIN DRIFT AND ASSOCIATED METHOD A system for controlling photomultiplier gain drift is disclosed. According to one aspect, the system includes first means for measuring a noise signal of the photomultiplier, the first means configured emit a measurement signal representative of the photomultiplier's n... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110168902 | DOSIMETER WITH RFID TAG Described is device comprising dosimeter for measuring one or more doses of radiation; and an RFID tag comprising an antenna for communicating with an RFID tag reader and non-volatile memory for storing data therein.... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110158387 | ROBUST RADIATION DETECTOR AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME The present disclosure relates to radiation detectors having a layer of a high Z material, such as tungsten or lead, disposed on a face of a photodetector layer or other underlying layer. In one embodiment, the layer of the high Z material substantially prevents radiati... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110095173 | RADIATION DETECTOR AND METHOD OF USING A RADIATION DETECTOR A radiation detector can include a photosensor to receive light via an input and to send an electrical pulse via an output in response to receiving the light. The radiation detector can also include a pulse analyzer to send an indicator to a pulse counter when the elect... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110079726 | System and Method to Detect Target Radiation A radiation detection system can include a first material to produce a first light in response to receiving a target radiation. The radiation detection system can also include a second material to propagate a second light to a first end of the second material and to a s... | 04/07/2011 |
