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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8071953 | ACF attachment for radiation detector A device includes (a) radiation detector including a semiconductor substrate having opposing front and rear surfaces, a cathode electrode located on the front surface of said semiconductor substrate, and a plurality of anode electrodes on the rear surface of said se... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8063380 | Semiconductor crystal high resolution imager A radiation imaging device (10). The radiation image device (10) comprises a subject radiation station (12) producing photon emissions (14), and at least one semiconductor crystal detector (16) arranged in an edge-on orientation wi... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7977647 | Radiological imaging apparatus A radiological imaging apparatus using a semiconductor radiation detector to make it possible to reduce a radiation measurement off time that may result from an attempt to avoid polarization, the radiological imaging apparatus comprising a capacitor that applies a v... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7888651 | Method and system for using tissue-scattered coincidence photons for imaging Methods and systems for determining a location of a photon event for an imaging system including a plurality of 3-D detectors. For one of the photons in the photon pair, an interaction in a first 3-D detector is detected. For the other of the photons in the photon p... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7763860 | Orofacial radiation detection device for detection of radionuclide contamination from inhalation The present invention provides an orofacial radiation detection device for detection of radionuclide contamination from inhalation. The device includes a face mask including a support frame and an adjustable head strap connected to the support frame. Mounted on the ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7750310 | Semiconductor radioactive ray detector, radioactive ray detection module, and nuclear medicine diagnosis apparatus The present invention provides a semiconductor radioactive ray detector having the excellent energy resolution or time precision, a radioactive detection module, and a nuclear medicine diagnosis apparatus. The semiconductor radioactive ray detector has a structure i... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7741610 | CdTe/CdZnTe radiation imaging detector and high/biasing voltage means A CdTe or CdZnTe radiation imaging detector and high voltage bias part for applying a high voltage to the continuous electrode to ensure stable performance of the detector. The high voltage bias part includes conductors of >30 um diameter and preferably selected fro... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7728304 | Method of making segmented contacts for radiation detectors using direct photolithography A method is provided for fabricating contacts on semiconductor substrates by direct lithography that results in durable adhesion of the electrodes, increased interpixel resistance and the electrodes which act as a blocking contact, thereby providing for improved ene... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7705320 | Radiation detector with co-planar grid structure A semiconductor radiation detector (1′, 1″, 1′″, 1″″) includes a body of semiconducting material (2) responsive to ionizing radiation for generating electron-hole pairs in the bulk of said body (2). A conductive cathode (4 | 04/27/2010 |
| 7705318 | Device and method for measuring the energy and position of an incident ionising particle in a detector A radiation detection device, including a detector in semi-conductor material, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The first electrode has a form of pixels, with a first pitch, on one of the sides of the detector. The device further includes a mechanism for i... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7705319 | CdZnTe device using constrained design for high-flux x-ray spectroscopic imaging applications A CdZnTe photon counting detector includes a core material of Cd1-xZnxTe, where (0≦x | 04/27/2010 |
| 7612345 | Radiation detector crystal and method of formation thereof A radiation detector crystal is made from CdxZn1-xTe, where 0≦x≦1; an element from column III or column VII of the periodic table, desirably in a concentration of about 1 to 10,000 atomic parts per billion; and the element Ruthenium (Ru), the element Osmium (Os)... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7560702 | Interconnect and packaging method for multi-slice CT detector modules Disclosed herein is a computed tomography (CT) detector module, for coupling with a collimator rail. The CT detector module includes a CT detector pack, a printed circuit board, and electrical conductor, and a substrate. The electrical conductor is disposed between ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7531809 | Gamma ray detector modules A radiation detector assembly has a semiconductor detector array substrate of CdZnTe or CdTe, having a plurality of detector cell pads on a first surface thereof, the pads having a contact metallization and a solder barrier metallization. An interposer card has plan... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7514689 | Radiological imaging apparatus with current regulated units, imaging apparatus with bed, imaging apparatus with opening and closing units, and power supply unit A radiological imaging apparatus using a semiconductor radiation detector to make it possible to reduce a radiation measurement off time that may result from an attempt to avoid polarization, the radiological imaging apparatus comprising a capacitor that applies a v... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7453068 | 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... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7439518 | Multi-layer pixellated gamma-ray detector A method and apparatus for detecting gamma-rays is provided, wherein the gamma-ray detector apparatus includes a plurality of detector elements arranged in a stacked configuration. Each of the plurality of detector elements may include, a detector wafer having at le... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7420178 | Radiation detector and radiation imaging device equipped with the same An industrial or medical radiation detector and a radiation imaging device equipped with the radiation detector are presented. The device improves the detection properties and production efficiency of the radiation detectors. The device includes a conductive support... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7402815 | Method and apparatus for reversing performance degradation in semi-conductor detectors A system reverses degraded energy resolution of semiconductor radiation detection elements (44) which are used in a radiation detector assembly. A means (38) identifies semiconductor elements which exhibit degraded energy resolution as compared to an i... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7388210 | Enhanced processing circuit for spectrometry system and spectrometry system using same This is a processing circuit for a spectrometry chain including a particle radiation detector (21), including a charge preamplifier stage (20) receiving a current (I1) from the detector, representative of the amount of charges emitted by a parti... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7361881 | Ganged detector pixel, photon/pulse counting radiation imaging device A ganged-detector pixel cell is used in a device having an array of such pixel cells to construct an x-ray and gamma-ray radiation energy imaging device. The ganged-detector pixel cell comprises a detector pixel array of two or more detectors pixels disposed on a se... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359482 | X-ray detector system A mobile X-ray detector system is disclosed including a mobile X-ray detector and a mobile dosimeter arranged on the X-ray detector, at least during operation. Furthermore, an X-ray facility is disclosed for cooperating with such an X-ray detector system, an X-ray s... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355185 | Semiconductor radiation detector and process for producing the same A semiconductor radiation detector 10 comprises a Si substrate 11 of an N-ype of low resistance, an arsenic coating layer 12 formed on the Si substrate, and a CdTe growth layer 13 of a P-type of high resistance laminated and formed thereo... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7342221 | Radiation image pick-up device, radiation image pick-up method, and image pick-up system A plurality of correction images are obtained while changing the radiation energy of an incident radiation in the absence of an object. Subsequently, an object image is obtained in the presence of the object by emitting the radiation to the object. Then, the object ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339172 | Portable compton gamma-ray detection system A Compton scattered gamma-ray detector system. The system comprises a gamma-ray spectrometer and an annular array of individual scintillators. The scintillators are positioned so that they are arrayed around the gamma-ray spectrometer. The annular array of individua... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7332724 | Method and apparatus for acquiring radiation data Method and apparatus for sensing and acquiring radiation data comprises sensing radiation events with a multi-modality detector. The detector comprises solid state crystals forming a matrix of pixels which may be arranged in rows and columns, and has a radiation det... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7312458 | Method and apparatus for reducing polarization within an imaging device A method of reducing polarization within an image detecting device includes coupling at least one blocking contact to the image detecting device, and heating the image detecting device to facilitate reducing polarization within the image detecting device. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310407 | Nuclear medical imaging device An apparatus for imaging a field of view, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises an x-ray source positioned adjacent to the field of view, a source mask located between the x-ray source and the field of view having at least one source apertur... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7301155 | Radiation detector and radiation imaging apparatus and method for producing radiation detector A radiation detector provided in a substrate with a detection layer which is sensitive to radiation, the detector being characterized in that said detection layer is formed by a polycrystal film comprising either one of CdTe (cadmium telluride), ZnTe (zinc telluride... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7291842 | Photoconductor imagers with sandwich structure An image acquisition device 30 includes a photoconductor 48 to convert an electromagnetic radiation into electrical signals, a first layer 36 or 37 coupled to the photoconductor 48. The first layer 36 or 37 includes a... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289336 | Electronic packaging and method of making the same An interconnect structure for use in an electronic device, wherein the interconnect structure comprises a first substrate comprising a flexible material, wherein the first substrate comprises a front side and a back side, and wherein the first substrate is configure... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285784 | Real time method and computer system for identifying radioactive materials from HPGe gamma-ray spectroscopy A real-time method and computer system for identifying radioactive materials which collects gamma count rates from a HPGe gamma-radiation detector to produce a high-resolution gamma-ray energy spectrum. A library of nuclear material definitions (“library definitio... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7279683 | Distance measurement apparatus of gamma ray source using multilayered ray detector Rays incident upon a plurality of detection plates arranged along a normal direction are detected. A distance between the ray and the ray source is estimated based on the number of counted rays detected by each detection plate, and each interval distance of the dete... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276699 | Absorptance enhancing coating for MWIR detectors Provided is an infrared radiation detector comprising an active layer having a front side and a back side. An anti-reflective coating is disposed on the front side and is configured to minimize reflection of incident light within a wavelength band of interest upon t... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7271395 | Device and method for the measurement of depth of interaction using co-planar electrodes A device and method for measuring a depth of interaction of an ionizing event and improving resolution of a co-planar grid sensor (CPG) are provided. A time-of-occurrence is measured using a comparator to time the leading edge of the event pulse from the non-collect... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7265356 | Image-guided medical intervention apparatus and method In some embodiments, an image-guided radiotherapy apparatus and method is provided in which a radiotherapy radiation source and a gamma ray photon imaging device are positioned with respect to a patient area so that a patient can be treated by a beam emitted from th... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7265354 | Semiconductor scintillation high-energy radiation detector A high-energy radiation detector is disclosed which uses a semiconductor material to absorb high-energy radiation and emit secondary light in response. The semiconductor is designed to be largely transparent for the interband light it emits so that the generated sec... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7259037 | Method of fabricating an X-ray detector array element A method of fabricating an X-ray detector array element. A gate and a gate insulation layer are formed on a substrate. A silicon island is formed on the insulation layer in a transistor area. A common line is formed on the insulation layer, simultaneously; source an... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254213 | Radiological imagery method and device The relation relates to a method and a radiological imaging device. A subject (4) is illuminated by a luminous flux (1) generated by an X-ray source (2). This luminous flux (1) is a pulse having a duration tp shorter than 1 ms.... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7247861 | Two dimensional image production method and system using solid-state image sensing device A two dimensional image production method by using a solid-state image sensing device, wherein the solid-state sensing device comprises a picture element producing part where electric charges generated by way of photo-electric conversion when receiving exposure is s... | 07/24/2007 |
