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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183535 | Silicon detector assembly for X-ray imaging A Silicon detector for x-ray imaging is based on multiple semiconductor detector modules (A) arranged together to form an overall detector area, where each semiconductor detector module includes an x-ray sensor of crystalline Silicon oriented edge-on to incoming x-r... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8178848 | Systems and methods for filtering noise in pixelated image detectors Systems and methods for filtering noise in pixelated photon counting image detectors are provided. One method includes obtaining image information including event count information for a pixelated solid-state photon counting radiation detector and obtaining a count-... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178847 | Data processing using reduced onboard memory Raw data (e.g., image data) can be captured and fed into a data processing unit (e.g., a frame grabber), which can process the raw data using data that is retrieved from, for example, the main memory of a computer system instead of from memory onboard the data proce... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8168954 | Radiation image detector A radiation image detector includes a radiation-image-detector main body and a vacuum container. The radiation-image-detector main body generates charges by irradiation with an electromagnetic wave for recording that carries a radiation image and records the radiati... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8158951 | Apparatus and methods for evaluating operation of pixelated detectors An apparatus and methods for evaluating the operation of pixelated detectors are provided. The method includes obtaining data values for each of a plurality of pixels of a pixelated detector and determining a data consistency metric for each of the plurality of dete... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8143585 | Gamma-camera utilizing the interaction depth in a detector A method for underwater packaging of radioactive materials includes creating a vacuum in a cavity of a cleaning device to automatically cause a portion of the cleaning device to move upward to actuate the cleaning device from an open position to a closed position; m... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8124938 | Linear X-ray detector with monolithic detector chip including both photodiode array and peripheral circuits spaced apart A radiation damage resistant linear X-ray detector array system based on a unique buttable monolithic image sensor design and precision chip-on-board assembly technology includes at least one of the detector chips. Multiple chips of the image sensor may be butted en... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8119990 | System and method of X-ray detection with a sensor A system and method for automatic detection of x-rays at an x-ray sensor. A source emits x-ray radiation towards an x-ray sensor, and the x-ray sensor automatically detects the x-ray radiation. The x-ray sensor automatically detects x-ray radiation by evaluating a t... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8110809 | Radiation detector and radiographic inspection apparatus On a wiring board 21, first and second semiconductor detection device arrays 22a and 22b are arranged along a depth direction (Y-axial direction). Each of the first and the second semiconductor detection device arrays 22a... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8106363 | Digital radiography panel with pressure-sensitive adhesive for optical coupling between scintillator screen and detector and method of manufacture A digital radiography panel has a scintillator screen having a light-exiting surface from a material with a first index of refraction n1 and a photosensor array having a light-accepting surface from a material with a second index of refraction n2 | 01/31/2012 |
| 8097858 | Radiation imaging apparatus, processing method therefor, and radiation imaging system An apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to perform imaging by using a plurality of image capture elements for accumulating electric charges, a storage unit configured to store an offset correction image, a correction image generation unit configured, when c... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8084744 | Radiographic imaging system A radiographic imaging system comprises: imaging unit including a radiation source for emitting radiation and a radiation detector for detecting radiation emitted from the radiation source and having penetrated a subject; moving unit for moving the imaging unit betw... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8084745 | Radiation imaging apparatus and radiation imaging system A radiation imaging apparatus comprises a pixel region, on an insulating substrate 100, including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, each pixel having a conversion element 101 that converts radiation into electric charges and a switching eleme... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8080805 | FET radiation monitor A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate; a buried insulator layer disposed on the semiconductor substrate, the buried insulator layer configured to retain an amount of charge in a plurality of charge traps in response to a radiation exposure by the... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8080804 | Arrangement with a medical gamma detector, optical module and kit The invention relates to an arrangement with a medical gamma probe and an optical module arranged on the medical gamma probe, said optical module having a light source which emits light rays during operation and is configured to generate an optical pointer in a dete... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8080803 | Detector module, radiation detector and radiation recording device A detector module is disclosed including a plurality of directly converting detector submodules, each with a back contact, and a scattered radiation collimator spanning the detector submodules. For contacting the back contacts, a contacting unit is provided in at le... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8076645 | Compton imaging camera A gamma ray detector is provided that increases a detectable energy range. A position-sensitive gamma ray detecting element for low energy gamma rays 101 that can detect an interaction position and energy of a gamma ray is disposed in front of a pair of posit... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8071952 | Radiographic image detection device There is provided a radiographic image detection device including: a radiation detection portion that includes an irradiation surface at which radiation is irradiated and is provided, at a plurality of locations on side faces, with attachment portions at which a han... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8071951 | Method of driving x-ray detector and x-ray detector using the same In a method of driving an x-ray detector having a switching device connected to a light detecting pixel comprising a photodiode which detects an x-ray emitted from an x-ray generator and outputs an electrical signal corresponding to the x-ray, the method includes: r... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8067745 | X-ray detector and manufacturing method thereof An X-ray detector includes; a panel having a plurality of photo-detecting pixels generating electrical signals in response to the detection of X-rays, a gate driver providing a gate signal to the plurality of photo-detecting pixels, wherein the photo-detecting pixel... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8067746 | Radiation image capturing system The present invention relates to a radiation image capturing system. A radiation detector of a radiation detecting cassette detects a radiation that has passed through a patient, and an accumulated exposed radiation dose calculator calculates an accumulated exposed ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8067744 | Method and apparatus of detecting ionizing radiation A method of detecting ionizing radiation is provided. The method includes detecting ionizing radiation using a detector assembly having a pixelated semiconductor substrate, each pixel including a central region and a region of variable response, each pixel further i... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8067743 | Imaging apparatus and radiation imaging apparatus Pixels including a photoelectric conversion element 1, a signal transfer TFT (thin film transistor) 2 electrically connected to the photoelectric conversion element, and a reset TFT 3 electrically connected to the photoelectric conversion elemen... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8063379 | Radiation cameras The invention describes radiation cameras consisting of interlaced scintillation fiber arrays and a fiber readout method using pixellated photo-detector cameras. Several fabrication methods of the fiber arrays are described. The use of such Radiation Cameras in Medi... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8058623 | Detection signal processor A detection signal processor that includes a signal processing unit, bias current supply components, and a bias current control component is provided. The signal processing unit applies a first signal processing in parallel to plural detection signals input in paral... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8053738 | Radiographic image detection device and radiographic image detection system A radiographic image detection device includes a radiation detector and a handle portion. The radiation detector detects radiation that has passed through a subject and has been irradiated thereon, and outputs image information expressing a radiographic image corres... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8053737 | Radiographic image detection device and radiographic image detection system Even when there are plural radiographic image detection devices and external devices between which communication takes place, a link with a designated external device may be established easily and reliably. An electronic cassette used in imaging or an electronic cas... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8044362 | Array substrate for X-ray detector, method of manufacturing the same, X-ray detector having the same installed therein, and method of manufacturing X-ray detector An x-ray detector including an array substrate including blocks extending along the array substrate in a first direction. Each of the blocks includes cells that are each associated with a data line extending in parallel with the first direction and a gate line exten... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8044361 | Radiation detection unit and radiographic inspection apparatus Plural detection boards are stacked and fixed. The detection board has a wiring board, a semiconductor detection device fixed on an upper surface of the wiring board and configured to detect radiation, and a spacer fixed on the upper surface of the wiring board. Eac... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8039809 | Sensor panel and image detecting device The present invention provides a sensor panel and an image detecting device that can suppress generation of artifacts and an increase in noise. A sensor panel has an image detecting region formed from plural image sensor portions, data lines reading signals out from... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8039808 | Performance solid state detectors An imaging detector is formed from a conversion material and electrodes that are separated by trenches formed in the conversion material. The trenches increase the distance of the conductance path between electrodes or accommodate a grid of electrodes, thereby reduc... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8030618 | Pellet for use in spectrometry, method of preparing the same, and method of spectrometry A pellet 4 for use in spectrometry includes a first powder 41 of a light transmitting material in a compression-molded form, and a second powder 42 which is hydrophilic and water-insoluble and is dispersedly mixed in the first powder. A sample | 10/04/2011 |
| 8017916 | Imaging system for cardiac planar imaging using a dedicated dual-head gamma camera A cardiac imaging system employing dual gamma imaging heads co-registered with one another to provide two dynamic simultaneous views of the heart sector of a patient torso. A first gamma imaging head is positioned in a first orientation with respect to the heart sec... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8013308 | Gamma-camera utilizing the interaction depth in a detector A method for reconstructing an image of a source (S) of photons from interactions of photons emitted by this source with a detector (2) of a gamma-camera, positioned behind a collimator (4), the method including associating with each photon interaction... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8008628 | 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 i... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7994481 | Radiation imaging apparatus, method of controlling the same, and radiation imaging system There are provided an apparatus capable of complying with arbitrary data acquisition period (frame rate) change instruction without increasing load and cost, and a method and a system for controlling such an apparatus. To realize this, in the present invention, ther... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7989773 | Compact and durable encasement for a digital radiography detector A digital radiography detector includes a housing and a radiographic image detector assembly. The housing has a first and second spaced planar members and four side walls defining a cavity. The radiographic image detector assembly is mounted within the cavity for co... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7989772 | Radiation imaging apparatus, its control method, and recording medium storing program for executing the control method To provide a radiation imaging apparatus capable of restraining the change of image qualities due to the change of sensitivities of an MIS-type photoelectric conversion element and its control method. Therefore, an MIS-type photoelectric conversion element 217 | 08/02/2011 |
| 7985954 | X-ray detection panel and X-ray detector An X-ray detector includes a plurality of bias connection lines that connect both ends, respectively, of a bias line for applying a bias voltage to a PIN diode. The bias line includes first and second bias lines. ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7985955 | Radiation detecting cassette and radiation image capturing system A radiation detecting cassette and a radiation image capturing system are provided. A radiation detecting cassette has a radiation detector for detecting a radiation having passed through a patient and converting the detected radiation into radiation image data, a t... | 07/26/2011 |
