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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7485877 | Integrative and real-time radiation measurement methods and systems A method of determining the radiation type and energy distribution of a radiation source that outputs radiation. The method including providing a plurality of detector materials and exposing the plurality of detector materials to the radiation. Each of the plurality... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7432512 | Cassette for storage phosphor plate and apparatus for removing storage phosphor plate from cassette A cassette (1) for a storage phosphor plate (2) comprises a cassette housing (4) with an opening (7) and a support (3) disposed movably within the cassette housing (4), wherein the storage phosphor plate (2) lies on t... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7397043 | Standoff optical detection platform based on surface plasmon-coupled emission A free-space standoff optical detection platform for any detection scheme based on spontaneous emissions, such as for example, fluorescence detection. More particularly, the present invention relates to a detection system having SPCE beads. In one embodiment, the SP... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7372075 | Optical substrate, light emitting element, display device and manufacturing methods thereof The present invention relates to an optical substrate comprising a transparent substrate, a low refractive index layer, whose refractive index is lower than that of the transparent substrate, disposed over the transparent substrate, and a solgel film disposed over t... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368743 | Device for detecting fluorescent trace material A fluorescent trace material is provided within at least a portion of an electrical contact or interrupter assembly component, or a cavity defined therein. At least a portion of the fluorescent trace material is exposed or released from the electrical contact or int... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7355211 | Light-emitting element and display thereof Conventional light-emitting elements, in particular an organic electroluminescence devices, involve problems resulting from a low light extraction efficiency of 20% or less, because of limitations on light emission set by total reflection angle on an organic layer o... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354662 | Metal coordination compound, luminescence device and display apparatus An electroluminescence device having a layer containing a specific metal coordination compound is provided. The metal coordination compound is represented by formula (1) below: MLmL′n, (1) wherein M is a metal atom of... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7336351 | Laser remote sensing of backscattered light from a target sample A laser remote sensing apparatus comprises a laser to provide collimated excitation light at a wavelength; a sensing optic, comprising at least one optical element having a front receiving surface to focus the received excitation light onto a back surface comprising... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335899 | Media for detection of X-ray exposure The invention relates to An X-ray exposure indicator device comprising a solid X-ray sensitive material that upon X-ray exposure undergoes a chromatic change, wherein the exposure indicator device does not significantly change color when subjected to UV or visible r... | 02/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7256404 | Radiation detecting apparatus, scintillator panel, and radiographing system A radiation detecting apparatus having: a substrate; a phosphor layer which is formed on a principal plane of the substrate and converts a wavelength of a radiation; and a phosphor protective member including a phosphor protective layer which covers the phosphor lay... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7244951 | Stimulable phosphor panel A stimulable phosphor panel comprises a substrate having rigidity, a stimulable phosphor layer, and a transparent water vapor proof cover, which are overlaid one upon another in this order. The stimulable phosphor layer is accommodated and sealed within an enclosed ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241629 | Detectable labels, methods of manufacture and use Labels, methods of making labels and methods of using labels are disclosed. The labels can be manufactured using fiber drawing techniques or by shutter masking. The labels can be used for detecting the presence of an analyte in a sample and for detecting interaction... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238435 | Polymeric compound and organic luminescence device A main chain-type or side chain-type polymeric compound having a structure wherein at least one metal complex segment having a plurality ligands is introduced into a main chain or a side chain is provided. In the case where the polymeric compound is the main chain-t... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7220495 | Luminescence device, display apparatus and metal coordination compound A luminescence device that has an organic compound layer disposed between a pair of electrodes. This organic compound layer contains a metal coordination compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7214539 | Scintillation proximity test The invention concerns scintillation proximity assays performed in multiwell plates where a charge coupled device is used to image the wells. Conventional phosphors emit blue light (350–450 nm) which is absorbed by yellow or brown assay components. This problem is... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7196334 | X-ray detector element The invention relates to a detector element for x-radiation, which can be used in particular in a flat dynamic x-ray detector (FDXD). In the detector element, a directly converting conversion layer (2) is arranged between an electrode layer (2) and a m... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7189466 | Organic light-emitting element and display device There is provided an organic light-emitting element comprising at least one light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes formed on a substrate and at least two or more light emission center materials included in the light-emitting layer, and that the at least o... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7164140 | Stimulable phosphor panel and method of producing stimulable phosphor panel The stimulable phosphor panel includes a support having a substrate or the substrate and a sealing member, a stimulable phosphor layer formed on the substrate being the support through gas phase deposition, a moisture-proof protective layer for sealing the stimulabl... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7109459 | Auto-focusing method and device for use with optical microscopy An auto-focusing method and device are presented for determining an in-focus position of a sample supported on a substrate plate made of a material transparent with respect to incident electromagnetic radiation. The method utilizes an optical system capable of direc... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7095034 | Image carrier for storing X-ray information, and a system and method for processing an image carrier The invention relates to an image carrier for the storage of X-ray information, and includes an electronic memory in which data can be stored. In order to reduce the danger of loss of data it is envisaged that the image carrier comprises a mark that represents at le... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7087915 | Radiation image reproducing device and method for reproducing radiation image A device for reproducing a radiation image is composed of a radiation-absorbing phosphor layer containing a phosphor which absorbs a radiation and then emits a light, a stimulable phosphor layer containing a stimulable phosphor which absorbs the light and stores ene... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7046763 | Field and factory testable imaging detector An imaging assembly is provided including an x-ray source and a controller in communication with the x-ray source. A detector assembly is in communication with the controller, and includes a photodetector array in communication with the controller. A scintillator as... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7038211 | Systems and methods for detecting x-rays Systems and methods for detecting x-rays are disclosed herein. One or more x-ray-sensitive scintillators can be configured from a plurality of heavy element nano-sized particles and a plastic material, such as polystyrene. As will be explained in greater detail here... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7038201 | Method and apparatus for determining electrical contact wear A fluorescent trace material is provided within at least a portion of an electrical contact or interrupter assembly component, or a cavity defined therein. At least a portion of the fluorescent trace material is exposed or released from the electrical contact or int... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7038220 | Dose distribution reading method and reader for glass dosimeter To excite a fluorescence glass element to which radiation is applied with ultraviolet rays and to read a dose by a fluorescence intensity generated from a fluorescence detection surface of the fluorescence glass element, a method comprises a fluorescence intensity m... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7026062 | Luminescence device, display apparatus and metal coordination compound A luminescence device comprising a pair of electrodes and an organic compound layer disposed between the electrodes. The layer contains a metal coordination compound represented by the following formula (1): | 04/11/2006 |
| 6974959 | Flat storage element for an X-ray image Storage film (10) serving to produce latent X-ray images in lieu of conventional X-ray film, containing storage particles (20) which are held together by a binding agent (22) and in which metastable electronic excited states can be produced. The... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6974639 | Metal coordination compound, luminescence device and display apparatus An electroluminescence device having a layer containing a specific metal coordination compound is provided. The metal coordination compound is represented by formula (1) below: MLmL′n (1), wherein M is a metal atom of... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6962757 | Electroluminescence in light emitting polymers featuring deaggregated polymers In general terms, the present invention includes a light emitting polymeric material the light emitting polymeric material capable of producing electroluminescence upon being provided with a flow of electrons, the light emitting polymeric material comprising a plura... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6961124 | Method for examining a specimen, and scanning microscope system A method for examining a specimen (27) that exhibits at least two optical transition lines and is optically excitable at least with light of a first and light of a second wavelength is characterized by the step of illuminating the specimen (27) with il... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6940077 | Stimulable phosphor panel A stimulable phosphor panel comprises a substrate having rigidity, a stimulable phosphor layer, and a transparent water vapor proof cover, which are overlaid one upon another in this order. The stimulable phosphor layer is accommodated and sealed within an enclosed ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6927404 | Radiation image storage panel having a particular layer arrangement A radiation image storage panel. The panel has a supported layer of storage phosphor particles dispersed in a binding medium, and adjacent thereto, between the layer and a support having reflective properties, a layer arrangement of intermediate layers inbetween the... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6884998 | Method and apparatus for determining electrical contact wear A fluorescent trace material is provided within at least a portion of an electrical contact or interrupter assembly component, or a cavity defined therein. At least a portion of the fluorescent trace material is exposed or released from the electrical contact or int... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6835940 | Radiation image conversion panel A radiation image conversion panel is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon a stimulable phosphor layer comprising columnar stimulable phosphor crystals, wherein the tip of the columnar crystals have a tip exhibiting an average angle of 20° to 80° which a... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6775452 | Phosphor coated waveguide for efficient collection of electron-generated photons A phosphor coated waveguide for efficient collection and detection of back-scattered electrons in an electron beam apparatus such as a scanning electron microscope is disclosed. The waveguide for directing photons to an optical detector generally comprises a first w... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6730915 | Position sensor for ultraviolet and deep ultraviolet beams A position sensor for ultraviolet beams includes a beam positioning member for directing an ultraviolet beam along a path; a downconverter member for converting the beam to visible light; a position sensing member for sensing position of visible light thereon; and r... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6521329 | Radiographic phosphor panel having reflective polymeric supports A radiographic phosphor panel includes a phosphor layer that transmits actinic radiation in a range that is reflected by a transparent, polymeric multi-layer reflector used as a support. The polymeric multi-layer reflector has numerous alternating layers ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6471888 | Dual neutron flux/temperature measurement sensor Simultaneous measurement of neutron flux and temperature is provided by a single sensor which includes a phosphor mixture having two principal constituents. The first constituent is a neutron sensitive Li6 F and the second is a rare-earth activ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6420724 | Method of image formation, dosimetry and personal monitoring A method has been provided of image formation, dosimetry or personal monitoring wherein said method comprises the steps of (a) storing energy in stimulable phosphors coated in one or more layers of said screen or panel; (b) converting said energy to emiss... | 07/16/2002 |
