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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8143601 | Nanoscale imaging via absorption modulation An imaging system is provided. The imaging system includes a sample to be scanned by the imaging system. An absorbance modulation layer (AML) is positioned in close proximity to the sample and is physically separate from the sample. One or more sub-wavelength apertu... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8022375 | Method and apparatus for validation of sterilization An apparatus, system and method for verifying the achievement of a desired sterility assurance level (SAL) for components manipulated within a low-energy electron beam sterilization chamber. The components are preferably pre-sterilized and connected together in an a... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7485878 | Laser microdissection unit A laser microdissection unit for cutting a microscopic sample using a laser beam of a laser includes a microscope and a fluorescence device. The microscope includes an illumination beam path directed onto the sample, and an imaging beam path configured to image the ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7417238 | Device for measuring light-activated fluorescence and its use The invention relates to a device for measuring light-activated fluorescence of at least one coating that contains a fluorescent material, and its use for measuring fluid materials which cause fluorescence-quenching in at least one of the fluorescent coatings. To ac... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7378675 | Security markers for indicating condition of an item A method of indicating the condition of an item comprises illuminating the item to excite one or more photoluminescent markers incorporated within the item. Photoluminescent emission from the markers in response to the excitation is compared to one or more pre-defin... | 05/27/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7372040 | Neutron detector with layered thermal-neutron scintillator and dual function light guide and thermalizing media A broad spectrum neutron detector has a thermal neutron sensitive scintillator film interleaved with a hydrogenous thermalizing media. The neutron detector has negligible sensitivity to gamma rays and produces a strong and unambiguous signal for virtually all neutro... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7335891 | Gamma and neutron radiation detector A sensing element or detector activated by radiation comprising a first scintillator activated by gamma radiation; and a neutron sensing layer comprising a second scintillator activated by neutron radiation. ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7333216 | Apparatus for wavefront detection An apparatus for wavefront detection includes a wavefront source for the production of a wavefront, an optical system transforming the wavefront, a diffraction grating through which the transformed wavefront passes, and a spatially resolving detector following the d... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330532 | Dual energy imaging using optically coupled digital radiography system This invention relates to an optically coupled digital radiography method and apparatus for simultaneously obtaining two distinct images of the same subject, each of which represents a different x-ray energy spectrum. The two images may be combined in various ways s... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326933 | Radiation or neutron detector using fiber optics A radiation or neutron detector wherein lateral side light detecting optical fibers prepared from clear optical fibers that are scraped on a lateral side to permit side incidence of fluorescence are used to detect the fluorescence from a phosphor or a scintillator s... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326939 | Method and device for quality controlling packets A method and device for quality controlling packets of cigarettes, whereby, as a packet is fed, in use, through a quality control station, an optical detecting unit acquires data relative to given portions of the packet, which portions are coated with material optic... | 02/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7289602 | Portable, digital X-ray apparatus for producing, storing, and displaying electronic radioscopic images A portable, self-contained, electronic radioscopic imaging system uses a pulsed X-ray source, a remote X-ray sensor, and a self-contained, display and controller unit to produce, store, and/or display digital radioscopic images of an object under investigation. The ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286640 | Dual-band detector system for x-ray imaging of biological samples A digital dual-band detector functions as an imaging platform capable of extracting hard and soft tissue images, for example. The detector has a first detector system comprising a first scintillator for converting x-rays from a sample to an first optical signal, and... | 10/23/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7244942 | Method for producing a high resolution detector array A method for producing a high resolution detector array so as to provide very high packing fraction, i.e., the distance between scintillator elements is minimized so the detector efficiency will be higher than is currently achievable. In the preferred embodiment of ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7238943 | Asymmetrically placed cross-coupled scintillation crystals Systems and methods are described for asymmetrically placed cross-coupled scintillation crystals. A method includes coupling a plurality of photomultiplier tubes to a scintillation crystal array, the scintillation crystal array defining a plurality of corner edges, ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238955 | Radiation image storage panel In a radiation image storage panel which has a phosphor layer containing energy-storing phosphor particles, the energy-storing phosphor particles is composed of a mixture of a phosphor particle group having a relatively large median diameter and a phosphor particle ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238951 | Two-dimensional ionising particle detector A two-dimensional ionising particle detector including a matrix of detecting fibers, each detecting fiber forming a pixel of the detector. Each detecting fiber is composed of a glass capillary filled with a liquid scintillator for which the chemical composition is c... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7211942 | Radiation image conversion panel There is provided a radiation image conversion panel having a sufficient quantity of emitted light and high graininess. The radiation image conversion panel has a phosphor layer containing a stimulable phosphor and a binder. The phosphor layer has at least two layer... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7180085 | Image information reading apparatus A reading assembly includes a stimulating light beam system having a plurality of laser diodes and a CCD line sensor having a plurality of CCDs. The laser diodes and the CCDs are disposed in a predetermined range of distances from the stimulable phosphor sheet along... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180070 | Radiation detector A radiation detector for imaging a sheet-shaped beam (11) of ionizing radiation comprises an electron multiplication chamber (12) filled with a medium for electron multiplication; and a solid multichannel structure (14) arranged in the path of t... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175086 | Authentication system, data device, and methods for using the same An authentication system may comprise: a first light source, a second light source, and at least three optically filtered light sensing devices. The first light source can have a first light source spectral distribution and can be capable of providing sufficient exc... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7142638 | Portable, digital X-ray apparatus for producing, storing, and displaying electronic radioscopic images A portable, self-contained, electronic radioscopic imaging system uses an X-ray converter screen for converting impinging X-ray radiation to visible light, and thus each point impinged on the screen by X-ray radiation scintillates visible light emissions diverging f... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7138632 | Radiation detector A plurality of optical transducers converts the first radiation to a first light having a first wavelength, and converts the second radiation to a second light having a second wavelength. A shielding unit is arranged between the optical transducers to shield the fir... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7122812 | Leak detection lamp A light source for examining sites in heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems for leaks using a fluorescent dye is described. The light source can include a low voltage lamp or a low heat generating lamp. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7114846 | Two-color radiation thermometer A two-color radiation thermometer includes an image pickup device having micro photo receiving units arranged two-dimensionally; a light diverging device for diverging incident light coming from a measuring object into two paths and irradiating the light on two diff... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7112802 | Scintillator panel, radiation detecting apparatus, and radiation detection system To provide a scintillator panel in which uniform photoelectric converting efficiency is obtained and an image of a high sensitivity and a high sharpness is obtained, a scintillator panel has: a phosphor layer for converting a radiation into light; and a supporting m... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7110496 | 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... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7109496 | Storage layer, conversion layer and a device for reading x-ray information, in addition to an x-ray cassette The invention relates to a storage layer (4) for storing x-ray information, comprising a large number of needle-shaped storage material areas (15A to 15L) for guiding light radiation (17 to 28, 30 to 35). An absorption zone ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7105835 | Radiation detector This invention provides a radiation detector using a scintillator having both a strong luminescence intensity and a short time constant. The radiation detector comprises as a scintillator an organic/inorganic perovskite hybrid compound represented by the general for... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7102135 | PET scanner A positron emission camera comprising a plurality of scintillators, wherein the scintillators include LuAlO3:Ce (LuxY1−xAP where 0.5≦x≦0.995) based crystals (18,20). In particular, the scintillation crystals (18,20 | 09/05/2006 |
| 7053382 | X-ray image tube, X-ray image tube device and X-ray device An object of the present invention is to provide an X-ray image tube which enables acquisition of an image of a proper density by increasing contrast without increasing an irradiation dose of X-rays. The X-rays absorbed or scattered through a subject emit light on a... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7054408 | CT detector array having non pixelated scintillator array The present invention is a directed to a non-pixelated scintillator array for a CT detector as well as an apparatus and method of manufacturing same. The scintillator array is comprised of a number of ceramic fibers or single crystal fibers that are aligned in paral... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7048967 | Organic film vapor deposition method and a scintillator panel An organic film vapor deposition method includes a first step of supporting a substrate formed with a scintillator on at least three protrusions of a target-support element disposed on a vapor deposition table so as to keep a distance from the vapor deposition table... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7019301 | Radiation detection device and method of making the same A light-receiving device array in which a plurality of light-receiving devices are one- or two-dimensionally arranged on a substrate, a scintillator layer is deposited on the light-receiving devices and provided with columnar crystals, and an organic film is formed ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7010092 | Dual energy imaging using optically coupled digital radiography system This invention relates to an optically coupled digital radiography method and apparatus for simultaneously obtaining two distinct images of the same subject, each of which represents a different x-ray energy spectrum. The two images may be combined in various ways s... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6996209 | Scintillator coatings having barrier protection, light transmission, and light reflection properties Scintillator coatings having predetermined barrier protection, light transmission, and light reflection properties are described. These scintillators comprise: a scintillator material comprising a barrier coating disposed thereon, wherein the barrier coating: (1) pr... | 02/07/2006 |
