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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7915593 | Image channel coding A photo detector matrix may have a plurality of photo detectors arranged in a matrix each generating an output signal, and a plurality of wires coupled with the photo detectors, wherein a number of wires is less than a number of photo detectors and the plurality of ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7858945 | Imaging detector A hybrid imaging detector is for detecting ionizing radiation such as X-rays or electron radiation, or other ionizing radiation. The detector has a sensor (10) on a read-out chip (20). The sensor (10) includes a plurality of sensor material laye... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7855370 | Pileup rejection in an energy-dispersive radiation spectrometry system A method of detecting edges of a preamplifier signal including identifying a first portion of the signal wherein each part thereof has an instantaneous slope having a first polarity, identifying a second portion immediately following the first portion wherein each p... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7795593 | Surface contamination analyzer for semiconductor wafers A semiconductor wafer is radiated with an electron beam so that the inelastic scattering takes place in the narrow region, and current flows out from the narrow region; the amount of current is dependent on the substance or substances in the narrow region so that th... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7696483 | High DQE photon counting detector using statistical recovery of pile-up events A photon-counting detector includes a direct conversion material and a data acquisition system with a first comparator having a first signal level threshold indicative of a noise level of a spectrum of photons, the first comparator configured to output a count when ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7608830 | Separate absorption and detection diode for two-color operation A photodiode for detection of preferably infrared radiation capable of detecting two different wavelengths wherein photons are absorbed in one region and detected in another. In one example embodiment, an absorbing P region is abutted with an N region of lower dopin... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7541592 | Coded aperture compton telescope imaging sensor A combined format gamma-ray detector (D) for measuring impinging gamma-rays (10) includes an active upper level coded aperture detector plane member (12) that is suitable for detecting an impinging gamma-ray (10). An active lower level gamma ray... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7479639 | Apparatus, method and system for determining energy windows in medical-imaging systems System and method for determining an energy window in a medical imaging system. The imaging system, designed to operate in a single photon counting mode, includes a pixilated radiation detector having an array of detector elements coupled to respective electronic ch... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7372942 | Medical imaging system with dosimetry for estimating circuit board life A dosimeter is provided on or adjacent to a circuit board deployed in a radiation environment. The dosimeter may be read or output a value or values indicating radiation dosage over a period of time. The radiation dosage associated with the circuit board may be used... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368716 | Infrared imaging system and lens module for use with the same An IR imaging system includes a lens module and an imaging module coupled to the lens module. The lens module includes a barrel defining a through hole, at least one lens received in the through hole and an IR bandpass filter received in the barrel and configured fo... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368717 | Density detection using real time discrete photon counting for fast moving targets A system for detecting and graphically displaying a contents of a fast-moving target object comprises: a radiation source, having a position such that at least a portion of radiation emitted from the radiation source passes through the fast-moving target object, the... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365332 | Density detection using real time discrete photon counting for fast moving targets A system for detecting and graphically displaying a contents of a fast-moving target object comprises: a radiation source, having a position such that at least a portion of radiation emitted from the radiation source passes through the fast-moving target object, the... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359579 | Image sensor package and its manufacturing method Disclosed are an image sensor package and a method for manufacturing the same. A sealing portion is formed between an image sensor die and a glass substrate to completely isolate the sensing portion of the image sensor die from external environment. Electrically con... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7348203 | Hermetic packaging A method of hermetically packaging an electronic device (8), in an enclosure (2) comprising mutually inter-engageable first and second housing members (4, 6), comprising the steps of securing the electronic device (8) to the first housing... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7339246 | Sensor arrangement consisting of light-sensitive and/or X-ray sensitive sensors The invention relates to a large-area sensor arrangement, notably a flat dynamic X-ray detector (FDXD). The light-sensitive and/or X-ray-sensitive sensors (pixels) of the sensor arrangement are arranged in a planar distribution on a substrate (1), thus formin... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335887 | System and method for target inspection using discrete photon counting and neutron detection Described herein is system for the inspection of a target object. The system may include a gamma radiation source, a gamma detector and an image processor coupled to the gamma detector. When the inspection system is operating in a first active mode for imaging a tar... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332712 | Camera module fabrication method including the step of removing a lens mount and window from the mold An image sensor package includes an image sensor, a window, and a molding, where the molding includes a lens holder extension portion extending upwards from the window. The lens holder extension portion includes a female threaded aperture extending from the window s... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332724 | Method and apparatus for acquiring radiation data Method and apparatus for sensing and acquiring radiation data comprises sensing radiation events with a multi-modality detector. The detector comprises solid state crystals forming a matrix of pixels which may be arranged in rows and columns, and has a radiation det... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332703 | Imaging structure including a pixel with multiple signal readout circuits and methods of operation for imaging structure A pixel cell allows both correlated double sampling (CDS) and automatic light control (ALC) operations through a non-destructive, parallel readout. An image sensor may include an array of pixel cells, some or all of which include a photosensor with two readout circu... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7315757 | Radioscopy using K gadolinium emission The methods comprise detection of gadolinium in human tissues and organs by refining the position of malignant neoplasm and radiation treatment of the neoplasm in order to damage its cells. Refined position of the malignant neoplasm is determined by introducing gado... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312457 | Spectrometer with charge-carrier-trapping correction A spectrometer having improved energy resolution by correcting for error introduced by charge carrier trapping. By monitoring the shape of the pulses produced by the detector, a digital filter is adjusted to improve the energy resolution. The adjustment is performed... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7301155 | Radiation detector and radiation imaging apparatus and method for producing radiation detector A radiation detector provided in a substrate with a detection layer which is sensitive to radiation, the detector being characterized in that said detection layer is formed by a polycrystal film comprising either one of CdTe (cadmium telluride), ZnTe (zinc telluride... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7279683 | Distance measurement apparatus of gamma ray source using multilayered ray detector Rays incident upon a plurality of detection plates arranged along a normal direction are detected. A distance between the ray and the ray source is estimated based on the number of counted rays detected by each detection plate, and each interval distance of the dete... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7271395 | Device and method for the measurement of depth of interaction using co-planar electrodes A device and method for measuring a depth of interaction of an ionizing event and improving resolution of a co-planar grid sensor (CPG) are provided. A time-of-occurrence is measured using a comparator to time the leading edge of the event pulse from the non-collect... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7266178 | Calibration source for X-ray detectors A method and device for calibrating the energy response of detectors of photons in the range from about 0.5 keV to at least 100 keV. The device makes use of the inherent property of a polarizable crystal such as a pyroelectric crystal to produce monoenergetic x-rays... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7247861 | Two dimensional image production method and system using solid-state image sensing device A two dimensional image production method by using a solid-state image sensing device, wherein the solid-state sensing device comprises a picture element producing part where electric charges generated by way of photo-electric conversion when receiving exposure is s... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7238948 | Detection arrangement for modular use in a combined transmission/emission tomography unit A detection arrangement is for modular use for a combined transmission/emission tomography unit, for measuring transmission x-radiation and emission γ-radiation inside a detector. The detection arrangement includes at least three absorption layers of different thic... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7227236 | Image sensor package and its manufacturing method Disclosed are an image sensor package and its manufacturing method. As an example, an infrared ray protection glass is positioned directly on an image sensing region of an image sensor die. An electrically conductive wire and so forth located outside the image sensi... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7217982 | Photodiode having voltage tunable spectral response A photodetector (10) includes a substrate (12) having a surface; a first layer (14) of semiconductor material that is disposed above the surface, the first layer containing a first dopant at a first concentration for having a first type of elect... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7217930 | Dose detector and dosimeter A dose detector includes a semiconductor radiation detector; a dose counter; and a check counter. The dose detector detects that the semiconductor radiation detector is outputting white noise even in a radiation shielded area and judges that the semiconductor radiat... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7214944 | Radiation detection system allowing improved counting of events The invention concerns a radiation detection device comprising a plurality of detector elements (DET1, DET2), each detector element (DET1) being associated with a circuit (AMP1-CMP1) for acquiring pulse signals (H1) and for ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7211817 | X-ray sensor An x-ray sensor 60 includes a phosphorescent phosphor 601 susceptible to x-ray irradiation 12 for forming an image in the phosphor, the phosphor having a decay period 71 persistent after an irradiation period 75. A photoelectric se... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209542 | Simultaneous measurement of the reflectivity of X-ray with different orders of reflections and apparatus for measurement thereof Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for simultaneously measuring integrated reflectivity of X-rays with different orders of reflections in crystal. Continuous X-rays are incident into the crystal and reflection intensities of the X-rays reflected from the crysta... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7208743 | Method and device for determining the personal dose in mixed neutron/photon fields The invention relates to an instrument which uses an individual semi-conductive detector with special coverings as an essential sensor, and a method whereby the amplitude information of the signals from said semi-conductive detector are used to determine a person's ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7199359 | Camera module fabrication method including singulating a substrate An image sensor package includes an image sensor, a window, and a molding, where the molding includes a lens holder extension portion extending upwards from the window. The lens holder extension portion includes a female threaded aperture extending from the window s... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7189975 | Wire-free, dual-mode calibration instrument for high energy therapeutic radiation An instrument for checking quality of therapeutic x-ray and electron radiation provides modes optimized for both electrons and for photons obtained by physically flipping the unit to interpose the necessary build-up material between the radiation beam and contained ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7180065 | Infra-red detector and method of making and using same A low-cost infra-red detector is disclosed including a method of making and using the same. The detector employs a substrate, a filtering layer, a converting layer, and a diverter to be responsive to wavelengths up to about 1600 nm. The detector is useful for a vari... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180071 | Integrated circuit having radiation sensor arrangement Integrated circuit including a circuit unit having predefined functionality and a radiation sensor arrangement connected indirectly to the circuit unit. The radiation sensor arrangement has at least one radiation-sensitive element that has at least one circuit prope... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7170041 | Pixel circuitry for imaging system An imaging system can include at least a two-dimensional array of pixels, an input device that includes a sensor that provides an electronic signal that represents to the image two-dimensional array of pixels, and a controller, the electronic signal is controlled by... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7171252 | Methods, computer program products, and devices for calibrating chronically tissue implanted sensors using chronically tissue Calibration of in vivo oxygen and pH sensor systems can be performed by generating a constituent element of an environment proximate to an in vivo sensor electrode via an in vivo generating electrode and determining a level of the constituent element in the tissue v... | 01/30/2007 |
