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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8164065 | Radiation detecting apparatus, and radiation image pickup system In a radiation detecting apparatus of the invention, plural pixels are arranged, and the pixel has a conversion element converting a radiation into an electric signal and a switching element connected to the conversion element. The conversion element includes a firs... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8158952 | Scintillation detector and method of assembling and testing A method of assembling a scintillation detector including placing a scintillator crystal in a casing, and forming a sealed casing having a controlled atmosphere different than ambient atmosphere, wherein the controlled atmosphere includes an inert gas and a trace ga... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8148697 | Implementation of colored wavelength shifters in phoswich detectors A phoswich device for determining depth of interaction (DOI) includes a first scintillator having a first scintillation decay time characteristic, a second scintillator having a second scintillation decay time characteristic substantially equal to the first scintill... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8143586 | Nuclear threat detection A detector for detecting radiation, the detector comprising: a plurality of elongate scintillator segments arranged in a side by side array; and at least one pair of light sensors optically coupled to ends of each ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8115177 | Radiation detection apparatus and radiation imaging system A radiation detection apparatus has a sensor panel including a photoelectric conversion unit with a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements over a substrate, a wavelength converter, disposed over the photoelectric conversion unit of the sensor panel, for conv... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115178 | Large dynamic range radiation detector and methods thereof According to one embodiment, a radiation detector comprises a scintillator and a photodiode optically coupled to the scintillator. The radiation detector also includes a bias voltage source electrically coupled to the photodiode, a first detector operatively electri... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115176 | Detector for the measurement of ionizing radiation The invention relates to a detector for the measurement of ionizing radiation, preferably γ-radiation and x-rays, comprising a scintillator and a light detector, the light detector being stabilized by using a predefined light source, preferably a Light Emitting Dio... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8106364 | X-ray detecting panel, X-ray detector and method of driving the X-ray detector An X-ray detecting panel includes a thin film transistor; first and second photosensors connected to the thin film transistor; and a scintillator which changes X-rays that are external and incident thereto into visible light rays. ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8080806 | Electron tube An electron tube of the present invention includes: a vacuum vessel including a face plate portion made of synthetic silica and having a surface on which a photoelectric surface is provided, a stem portion arranged facing the photoelectric surface and made of synthe... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8076646 | Burst-mode readout for solid state radiation detectors using partitioned pipeline architecture A partitioned pipeline read-out circuit architecture eliminates real-time constraints from off-chip read-out control electronics in a solid-state radiation detector system, so that an efficient decoupled architecture is possible. The front-end electronics includes a... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8076647 | X-ray detector, a corresponding x-ray imaging device and a method for improving the resolution of a scintillator-based x-ray detector A device with high efficiency and high spatial resolution for detection of individual x-rays includes a detector for x-rays with energy exceeding 20 keV based on a columnar scintillator having a number of columns, and a semiconductor readout circuit coupled to the s... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8039810 | Scintillation-based continuous monitor for beta-emitting radionuclides in a liquid medium A scintillation-based detection device and method for continuous monitoring of flowing liquids for the presence of radionuclides. A side-stream pipe directs a portion of the monitored liquid from the main flow transfer pipe through and/or around the detector. Within... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8026490 | Radiation image device Wiring substrates 11 and 12 are positioned on a fixed base 10 in a manner such that there is a step between the wiring substrates, and radiation imaging elements 2 and 3, respectively having scintillators 25 and 35 de... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8017917 | Ionizing radiation sensor A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an ionizing radiation sensor having a first scintillator for generating photons from incoming ionizing radiation, an imaging intensifier for amplifying the photons, and an elect... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7982190 | Radiation detector and method for producing the same According to one embodiment, a radiation detector includes, a substrate, a scintillator layer, a moistureproof body, and an adhesion layer. The substrate comprises a photoelectric conversion element. The scintillator layer is formed on the substrate and converts rad... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7977646 | Scintillation detector reflector A scintillation detector and system includes a scintillation crystal having a surface and a reflector surrounding at least a portion of the scintillation crystal. The reflector includes an organic substrate and an inorganic material fixed to the organic substrate, w... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7977645 | Mixed cesium sodium and lithium halide scintillator compositions The present invention relates to scintillator compositions and related devices and methods. The scintillator may include, for example, a mixed scintillator composition including at least two different CsXLa halide compounds and a dopant, wherein X is Na or Li. Relat... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7968853 | Double decker detector for spectral CT A radiation detector (24) includes a two-dimensional array of upper scintillators (30τ) which is disposed facing an x-ray source (14) to convert lower energy radiation into visible light and transmit higher energy radiation. A two-dimensional a... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7956331 | Scintillation detector for positron emission tomography The invention disclosed herein is directed to scintillation detectors capable of detecting the position or depth of gamma photon interactions occurring within a scintillator, thereby improving the resolution of ring based positron emission tomography (PET) imaging s... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7956332 | Multi-layer radiation detector assembly A technique is provided for forming a multi-layer radiation detector. The technique includes a charge-integrating photodetector layer provided in conjunction with a photon-counting photodetector layer. In one embodiment, a plurality of photon-counting photosensor el... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7939808 | Cesium and lithium-containing quaternary compound scintillators The present invention relates to quaternary compound scintillators and related devices and methods. The scintillators may include, for example, a mixed halide scintillator composition including at least two different CsLiLa halide compounds and a dopant. Related det... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7935933 | Detector for an x-ray imaging system A detector is provided for an x-ray imaging system. The detector includes a photosensitive region with an area less than half of an area of a scintillator cell, from which the photosensitive region receives light. ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7923697 | Image sensor with enhanced spatial resolution and method of producing the sensor An image sensor includes a scintillator comprising a substrate covered with a layer of luminescent material, the layer of luminescent material comprising a first side in contact with the substrate and a second side, the surface of which has asperities, separated by ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7915595 | X-ray detector and method of manufacturing the same Disclosed is an X-ray detector and a method of manufacturing the X-ray detector. A cushion layer is interposed between a scintillator panel for converting X-rays into visual light and a lower substrate formed with a thin film transistor, a photoelectric conversion d... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7910892 | Method for manufacturing X-ray detector and X-ray detector A first protective layer is formed on the surface of a photoelectric conversion substrate on which photoelectric transducers have been provided, and then, a scintillator layer is formed thereon, whereby degradation of the photoelectric transducers due to the contact... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7897932 | Identification and localization of radioisotopes A radiation detection, localization, and identification system uses a searching algorithm to identify geometric correlation of hypothetical solutions to Compton Imaging. Geometric correlation of correct associations of gamma ray energies with each detected event yie... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7893405 | Radiation detection apparatus and scintillator panel A radiation detection apparatus includes an optical detector disposed on a substrate and having a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements which convert light into an electrical signal, and a scintillator layer disposed on the optical detector and having a col... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7888650 | Light-emitting material, scintillator containing the light-emitting material, x-ray detector equipped with the scintillator, image display device using the light-emitting material, and light source using the light-emitting material It is made possible to provide a light-emitting material having a short decay time of 10 μs or less and an emission wavelength of 650 nm or longer. A light-emitting material includes a material having a composition represented by ARS2:Eu, wherein A repre... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7875856 | Radiation detector In a radiation detector according to this invention, a portion of a semiconductor, located in a connection of a common electrode to a lead wire, is dented in a recess form from other portions of a semiconductor, in a range short of a radiation detection effective ar... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7863577 | Radiation detecting apparatus and method for manufacturing the same An underlayer of a phosphor layer is disposed on a sensor panel including two-dimensionally arranged photoelectric conversion devices. The surface of the underlayer is subjected to atmospheric pressure plasma treatment. The phosphor layer is formed on the surface-tr... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7863576 | Radiation image device Wiring substrates 11 and 12 are positioned on a fixed base 10 in a manner such that there is a step between the wiring substrates, and radiation imaging elements 2 and 3, respectively having scintillators 25 and 35 de... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7858948 | Radiation detector for X- or gamma rays A radiation detector is disclosed for X- or gamma rays. In at least one embodiment, the radiation detector includes an array of scintillation detectors and a reflector layer separating these from one another. The reflector layer includes a binder matrix and particle... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7847262 | Cesium and lithium-containing quaternary compound scintillators The present invention relates to quaternary compound scintillators and related devices and methods. The scintillators may include, for example, a quaternary compound, the quaternary compound having a first position, a second position, a third position, a fourth posi... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7847261 | Radiation detector A detecting unit (2) detects radiation. A data acquiring block (34) creates basic data equivalent to the count per unit time of the detected radiation. A data processing block (40) compares the basic data with a threshold and generates a annunci... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7847260 | Nuclear threat detection A detector for detecting radiation, the detector comprising: a plurality of elongate scintillator segments arranged in a side by side array; and at least one pair of light sensors optically coupled to ends of each ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7842928 | 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... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7842927 | Image sensor, image-sensing apparatus using the image sensor, and image-sensing system An image sensor has a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a photoelectric converter and a pixel circuit for processing signals from the photoelectric converter and outputting processed signals and a scanning circuit, disposed between the photoelectric converte... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7834323 | Radiation imaging device Wiring substrates 11 and 12 are positioned on a fixed base 10 in a manner such that there is a step between the wiring substrates, and radiation imaging elements 2 and 3, respectively having scintillators 25 and 35 de... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7816652 | X-ray detector To reduce quality losses in edge areas of an X-ray image, caused by temperature fluctuations, an X-ray detector (1) is arranged with a scintillator (2) for converting X radiation into light and with an active matrix (3) of pixel readout elements... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7800072 | Low pass X-ray scintillator system A scintillated CCD detector system for imaging x rays uses x-rays having a photon energy in the range of 1 to 20 keV. The detector differs from existing systems in that it provides extremely high resolution of better than a micrometer, and high detection quantum eff... | 09/21/2010 |
