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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8008634 | Radiation image converting panel A radiation image converting panel has a structure capable of arbitrarily controlling a change in luminance distribution of an entire panel surface after formation of a moisture-resistant protective film. The radiation image converting panel comprises a radiation co... | 08/30/2011 |
| RE42281 | Scintillator panel, radiation image sensor and methods of producing them A scintillator panel 1 uses a glass substrate 5, having heat resistance, as a base member for forming a scintillator 10. Glass substrate 5 also functions as a radiation entry window. Also, a dielectric multilayer film mirror 6 is d... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7915599 | Radiation transducer and method to produce a radiation transducer A radiation transducer has a luminophore layer applied on a substrate, and at least one anti-discoloration substance is applied on the luminophore layer. In a method to produce a radiation transducer a luminophore layer is applied on a substrate, and at least one an... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7795600 | Wavelength conversion chip for use with light emitting diodes and method for making same A wavelength conversion chip is formed by depositing a wavelength conversion material on a substrate to form a layer, removing the resulting wavelength conversion layer from the substrate and then segmenting the wavelength conversion layer into a plurality of wavele... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7791046 | High efficiency fiber-optic scintillator radiation detector A fiber-optic scintillation radiation detector includes: a cladding; a core extending within the cladding; and a scintillator contiguous with the core within the cladding responsive to particle and/or photon radiation by providing scintillation photons, which are th... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7633072 | Scintillator plate Disclosed is a scintillator plate comprising on a substrate a phosphor layer formed by a process of vapor deposition, wherein a thallium compound having a melting point within ±70° C. of that of CsI and CsI are deposited on a substrate to form a thallium-activated... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7605380 | Radiation image conversion panel Disclosed is a radiation image conversion panel comprising on a support a vapor-deposited photostimulable phosphor layer containing an alkali metal halide phosphor, wherein the surface element composition of the alkali metal halide phosphor exhibits a ratio of alkal... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7576336 | Radiation image detector A radiation image detector comprising: a scintillator panel comprising a radiation transmitting substrate having thereon a phosphor layer having a columnar crystal structure produced with a vapor deposition method; a protection cover provided at a side of the radiat... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7576335 | Scintillator plate An object is to provide that a moisture resistance property is maintained, and reduction of sharpness is further avoided. Disclosed is a scintillator plate possessing a support and provided thereon a phosphor layer, and further a protective film provided on the phos... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7547895 | Imaging assembly and inspection method An adaptable imaging assembly is provided. The adaptable imaging assembly includes a free-standing phosphor film configured to receive incident radiation and to emit corresponding optical signals. An electronic device is coupled to the free-standing phosphor film. T... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7531817 | Scintillator panel An objective is to provide a scintillator panel by which a converted light signal can be efficiently transmitted to suitably realize an FPD exhibiting a high radiation-to-light conversion efficiency. Also provided is a scintillator panel possessing a substrate and p... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7482602 | Scintillator plate for radiation and production method of the same A scintillator plate for radiation comprising a substrate having thereon a phosphor layer comprising CsI and two or more activators ach having a melting point different from a melting point of CsI, wherein each content of the two or more activators is 0.01% or more ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7427733 | Gated image intensifier A gated optical image intensifier 10 is provided with multiple intensifying channels 20, 22, 24, 26 each supplied with radiation via a respective optical channel of an optical splitter. The separate intensifying channels are subject to gating by a sequ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7417237 | Radiographic image conversion panel for mammography and method of manufacturing the same The radiographic image conversion panel for mammography includes a phosphor layer formed on a rectangular substrate having first and second pairs of two parallel sides, and sealed with a moisture-proof protective film. The phosphor layer is positioned on the substra... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7408177 | Scintillator panel and radiation image sensor An Ag film as a light-reflecting film is formed on one surface of an a-C substrate of a scintillator panel. The entire surface of the Ag film is covered with an SiN film for protecting the Ag film. A scintillator having a columnar structure, which converts an incide... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7387891 | Optical instrument including excitation source An optical instrument is provided for simultaneously illuminating two or more spaced-apart reaction regions with an excitation beam generated by a light source. A collimating lens can be disposed along a beam path between the light source and the reaction regions to... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7388212 | Production method of phosphor plate and phosphor plate A method of producing a phosphor plate comprising the step of vapor depositing a phosphor raw material on a substrate to form a phosphor layer on the substrate in a vacuum container of a vapor deposition apparatus, wherein the vapor deposition is carried out in an a... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7375349 | Radiation-image conversion panel and process of producing the same In a radiation-image conversion panel, a fluorescent layer containing a phosphor and a protective layer are formed on a support in this order. The protective layer has a water-vapor transmission rate of 1 g/m2/24 h or lower at 40° C. and a reflectance of... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7375334 | Apparatus and method for OSL-based, remote radiation monitoring and spectrometry Compact, OSL-based devices for long-term, unattended radiation detection and spectroscopy are provided. In addition, a method for extracting spectroscopic information from these devices is taught. The devices can comprise OSL pixels and at least one radiation filter... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372045 | Scintillator plate for radiation An object is to provide a scintillator plate exhibiting even sharpness, and further exhibiting enhanced sharpness by use of CsI crystals. Disclosed is a scintillator plate for radiation comprising a support and provided thereon a phosphor layer emitting light caused... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365369 | Nitride semiconductor device A nitride semiconductor device used chiefly as an LD and an LED element. In order to improve the output and to decrease Vf, the device is given either a three-layer structure in which a nitride semiconductor layer doped with n-type impurities serving as an n-type co... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361378 | Method for manufacturing radiation image conversion panel A method for manufacturing a radiation image conversion panel which comprises the steps of: effecting aggregate reduction for a calcined product of a stimulable phosphor by dispersion in a dispersion medium, to thereby obtain a slurry; removing grains therefrom that... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358506 | Structured X-ray conversion screen fabricated with molded layers An improved method of forming an X-ray conversion screen is described. The method uses a mold to mold a scintillating material layer including cavities in the scintillating material layer. By repeated moldings, the phosphor layer is built up. The cavities may be fil... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352007 | Phosphorescent nanotube memory device An optical memory cell having a material layer associated with a pixel capable of emitting and receiving light. The material layer has phosphorescent material formed therein for storing data as light received from and emitted to the pixel. ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7336765 | Portable system and method for non-intrusive radioscopic imaging Described herein is a portable, self-contained, electronic radioscopic imaging system that utilizes a multiple camera imager and advanced processing techniques to image suspicious containers. An X-ray sensor or imager utilizes a scintillating screen that produces fl... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7329989 | Plasma display panel and process for producing the plasma display panel A fluorine-containing precoating is formed to cover a phosphor particle by, for example, a physical vapor deposition of a fluoride. Then, a fluorine-containing coating covering the phosphor particle is formed by supplying fluorine into the precoating. This obtained ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329324 | Stitchless on-site binding application method On-site binding for carpets and the like wherein a covered welting material is provided with a strip with adhesive on both sides. One side is covered with peel-off wax paper which is removed to adhere the welting material flush against the edge of the carpet's pile.... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329370 | Transparent polycrystalline ceramic scintillators and methods of preparing the same This invention relates to transparent polycrystalline ceramic scintillators and methods of preparing the same. The invention also relates to gadolinium-yttrium oxide ceramic scintillators with europium added as an activator, which are optically transparent and whose... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329875 | Detector array for imaging system and method of making same A method of manufacturing a detector array for an imaging system, the method comprising providing a pixelated scintillator having a plurality of lost molded pixels comprising a scintillator material adapted to detect radiation. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7319289 | Light emitting device A light emitting device has a light emitting element, and a phosphor layer of phosphor glass to generate fluorescence while being excited by light emitted from the light emitting element. The light emitting element emits ultraviolet light, and the phosphor glass gen... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7315027 | Radiation detection device, scintillator panel, method of making the same, making apparatus, and radiation image pick-up system There are provided a scintillator (130) comprising a structure in which a plurality of scintillator layers (131, 132, 135) having columnar crystal structures are stacked with, and a radiation detection device using the scintillator. There are also prov... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315031 | Radiation image storage panel A first radiation image storage panel comprises a stimulable phosphor layer, and a transparent protective film, which comprises at least one layer of a water vapor proof film, the water vapor proof film comprising a base material film and a transparent inorganic lay... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314764 | Organo luminescent semiconductor nanocrystal probes for biological applications and process for making and using such probes A semiconductor nanocrystal compound is described capable of linking to an affinity molecule. The compound comprises (1) a semiconductor nanocrystal capable of emitting electromagnetic radiation and/or absorbing energy, and/or scattering or diffracting electromagnet... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7291290 | Phosphor, method of manufacturing same, and plasma display panel using same An Eu-activated phosphor that maintains high wavelength conversion efficiency and suppresses deterioration with time due to vacuum ultraviolet irradiation, as well as a plasma display panel having superior display performance by suppressing sticking image caused by ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7285789 | Optical device for surface-generated fluorescence A sample substrate adapted for use with electromagnetic excitation light includes a base and a layer system. The layer system includes a multilayer interference coating with at least two layers wherein the thicknesses of the layers ensure that light emitted by a flu... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285791 | Wavelength conversion chip for use in solid-state lighting and method for making same A wavelength conversion chip is formed by depositing a wavelength conversion material layer on a substrate, segmenting the wavelength conversion layer into a plurality of wavelength conversion chips, and then removing the wavelength conversion chips from the substra... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282713 | Compositions and methods for scintillator arrays A composition including at least one of a glass composition and a glass ceramic composition, the composition includes a plurality of scintillator crystals. ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279120 | Doped cadmium tungstate scintillator with improved radiation hardness This invention provides novel cadmium tungstate scintillator materials that show improved radiation hardness. In particular, it was discovered that doping of cadmium tungstate (CdWO4) with trivalent metal ions or monovalent metal ions is particularly effe... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276705 | Luminescent body for an X-ray detector and method for producing it A luminescent body is for an X-ray detector, in particular for an X-ray computer tomograph. It contains a ceramic of the general composition (M1-xLnx)2O2S, M being at least one element selected from the group: Y, La, Sc, L... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7268355 | Excimer UV fluorescence detection A UV fluorescence detection system is provided comprising a dielectric barrier-discharge excimer lamp, an applied excitation source for communication with the excimer lamp; a fluorescence chamber having a sample gas containing sulfur dioxide, a light sensitive detec... | 09/11/2007 |
