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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8158953 | Plasma panel based radiation detector A position-sensitive radiation counting detector includes a first and a second substrate. A gas is contained within the gap between the substrates. A photocathode layer is coupled to the first substrate and faces the second substrate. A first electrode is coupled to... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8053739 | Particle beam generating system and method with measurement of the beam spot of the particle beam A device to measure the beam spot of a particle beam, has a device that records the projections of the beam spot in many directions that are essentially perpendicular to the direction of the particle beam, and an analysis device that reconstructs a two-dimensional c... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8044365 | High-resolution ion chamber Nested ionization chambers provide independent measurements of a radiation beam that does not fully irradiate the volume of one or both chambers. By mathematically combining these independent measurements, partial volume effects caused by a change in ionization dete... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7902516 | Plasma panel based radiation detector A radiation counting detector includes a first substrate and a second substrate that is generally parallel to the first substrate and forms a gap with the first substrate. A gas is contained within the gap. A photocathode layer is coupled to one side of the first su... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7858949 | Multi-anode ionization chamber The present invention includes a high-energy detector having a cathode chamber, a support member, and anode segments. The cathode chamber extends along a longitudinal axis. The support member is fixed within the cathode chamber and extends from the first end of the ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7683340 | Plasma panel based radiation detector A radiation counting detector includes a first and a second substrate. A gas is contained within the gap between the substrates. A photocathode layer is coupled to one side of the first substrate and faces the second substrate. A first electrode is coupled to the se... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7495229 | Multi-anode radiation detector A nuclear radiation detector is disclosed wherein the capacitance of the detector is significantly reduced. This improvement results in more efficient and accurate measurements of radiative entities. The design also permits greater packing density in applications re... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7485870 | Pneumatic infrared detector An infrared (IR) radiation detector adapted to detect IR radiation by measuring pneumatic expansion of a sense chamber that is caused by a temperature increase within that chamber due to the absorbed energy of the IR radiation. A reference chamber mechanically coupl... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7476867 | Device and method for quality assurance and online verification of radiation therapy A radiation monitor and method of monitoring the radiation delivered to a target by a radiation device is described. The radiation monitor contains a set or matrix of pixel ion chambers. The pixel ion chambers are preferably constructed of a top electrode and a segm... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7470913 | High efficiency and high homogeneity large-area gas-filled radiation detector In a preferred embodiment, a radiation detector, including: one or more anode wires disposed within a body of the radiation detector, connections to and suspension of the one or more anode wires being made externally of active volume of said radiation detector. ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7459691 | Cassette for a storage fluorescent screen The invention relates to a cassette, in particular an X-ray cassette, for receiving a storage fluorescent screen. The cassette has on one of its narrow sides an opening through which the storage fluorescent screen is to be inserted into or removed from the cassette.... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7375342 | Plasma-shell radiation detector A radiation detection device comprising a plasma display panel (PDP) with a multiplicity of radiation detection pixels, each radiation detection pixel being defined by a hollow gas filled Plasma-shell having one or more flat sides. Arrays of Plasma-shells are positi... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7368717 | Density detection using real time discrete photon counting for fast moving targets A system for detecting and graphically displaying a contents of a fast-moving target object comprises: a radiation source, having a position such that at least a portion of radiation emitted from the radiation source passes through the fast-moving target object, the... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365332 | Density detection using real time discrete photon counting for fast moving targets A system for detecting and graphically displaying a contents of a fast-moving target object comprises: a radiation source, having a position such that at least a portion of radiation emitted from the radiation source passes through the fast-moving target object, the... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7351981 | Method and apparatus for measuring purity of noble gases A device for detecting impurities in a noble gas includes a detection chamber and a source of pulsed ultraviolet light. The pulse of the ultraviolet light is transferred into the detection chamber and onto a photocathode, thereby emitting a cloud of free electrons i... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7335887 | System and method for target inspection using discrete photon counting and neutron detection Described herein is system for the inspection of a target object. The system may include a gamma radiation source, a gamma detector and an image processor coupled to the gamma detector. When the inspection system is operating in a first active mode for imaging a tar... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332726 | Plasma panel based ionizing radiation detector A radiation detector is formed from a plasma panel that includes a front substrate, and a back substrate that forms a generally parallel gap with the front substrate. X (column) and Y (row) electrodes are coupled by gas discharge events to define one or more pixels.... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7321122 | System for selecting true coincidence events in positron emission tomography Provided are new methods for enhancing the selection of true (T) annihilation events relative to the inclusion of true scattered (TS) and random (R) annihilation events in PET tomographs and thereby improving the sensitivity and/or resolution of PET scanners. The me... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7301222 | Apparatus for forming a pre-applied underfill adhesive layer for semiconductor wafer level chip-scale packages An apparatus and method for enhancing the formation of fillets around the periphery of assembled wafer-level chip scale packages when mounted onto substrates. The method includes fabricating a plurality of integrated circuit die on a first surface of a semiconductor... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295691 | Computer aided diagnosis of an image set A method, system, and storage medium for computer aided processing of an image set includes employing a data source, the data source including an image set acquired from X-ray projection imaging, x-ray computed tomography, or x-ray tomosynthesis, defining a region o... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290929 | Mounting system for an X-ray tube A mounting assembly for supporting an evacuated enclosure within an outer housing of an x-ray tube is disclosed. The mounting assembly comprises a clamp portion having a C-shaped configuration, and a bracket portion having a circular recess that receives at least a ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7274020 | Gamma vector camera A gamma vector camera detects and determines the energy and the direction of an incident gamma ray. The gamma vector camera includes a detector that produces scintillation light upon interaction with the incident gamma ray. A sensor records the locations and the int... | 09/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7262417 | Method and system for improved image reconstruction and data collection for compton cameras Systems and methods are described for image reconstruction. A set of conical integrals are calculated to satisfy a completeness condition and are related to a distribution of radioactivity. ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7250617 | Ion beam neutral detection An ion beam neutral detector system, an ion implanter system including the detector system and a method of detecting ion beam neutrals that ensures an ion implant is meeting contamination requirements are disclosed. The detector includes an energy contamination moni... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7216047 | Time-delay discriminator A method of determining the delay between two corresponding noise-like signals comprises determining events at which the level of a first of the signal crosses a predetermined threshold, using each event to sample a second signal, combining the samples to produce an... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212604 | Multi-layer direct conversion computed tomography detector module A computed tomography detector module is presented. The detector module includes a substrate having a topside and a bottom side. Additionally, the detector module includes a plurality of detector layers disposed on the top side of the substrate in a direction that i... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7205548 | High quantum efficiency x-ray detector for portal imaging The present invention provides a practical design of a megavoltage x-ray detector with both high quantum efficiency (QE) and high resolution. The x-ray detector disclosed herein has a QE that can be an order of magnitude higher than that of current flat panel system... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7196331 | Detector module A detector module is proposed for producing an X-ray detector for an X-ray computed tomograph. The module includes a number of detector units, each including sensor elements arranged next to one another in the z-direction and in a phi-direction running perpendicular... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7189975 | Wire-free, dual-mode calibration instrument for high energy therapeutic radiation An instrument for checking quality of therapeutic x-ray and electron radiation provides modes optimized for both electrons and for photons obtained by physically flipping the unit to interpose the necessary build-up material between the radiation beam and contained ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7186986 | Radiation detector with converters A high efficiency radiation detector employs longitudinally extending converter elements receiving longitudinally propagating radiation to produce high-energetic electrons received by detector structures in interstitial spaces. The secondary electron generation in t... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7186987 | Organic materials and devices for detecting ionizing radiation A π-conjugated organic material for detecting ionizing radiation, and particularly for detecting low energy fission neutrons. The π-conjugated materials comprise a class of organic materials whose members are intrinsic semiconducting materials. Included in this cl... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7180977 | Scanning-based detection of ionizing radiaion for tomosynthesis A scanning-based apparatus for obtaining tomosynthesis data of an object performing a periodic movement comprises a radiation source emitting radiation around an axis of symmetry; a radiation detector comprising line detectors, each being directed towards the diverg... | 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 |
| 7170066 | Method and apparatus for determining the intensity distribution of a radiation field The invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining the intensity distribution of a radiation field. In the method, the ionization caused by the radiation field is detected by parallel ionization detector planes arranged in an ionization chamber, two of ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166830 | Light detecting sensor A substrate 18, a cathode 20 and an anode 22 are stored in a space demarcated by a casing 10, and the space is evacuated. The cathode 20 and the anode 22 are provided on the same surface of a substrate 18 having elect... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7157718 | Microfabricated radiation detector assemblies methods of making and using same and interface circuit for use therewith Microfabricated, gas-filled radiation detector assemblies, methods of making and using same and interface circuit for use therewith are provided. The assembly includes a micromachined radiation detector including a set of spaced-apart electrodes and an ionization ga... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7151266 | Nuclear cargo detector Apparatus for the inspection of cargo containers for nuclear materials comprising one or more arrays of modules comprising grounded, closed conductive tubes filled with an ionizing gas mixture such as, but not limited to, Argon:CO2. A wire is suspended al... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7135688 | Apparatus and method for the detection of the energy of ionizing electro-magnetic radiation A spectrometer system employs a gridless Xenon detector having an anode and a cathode supported in spaced relation from the anode devoid of structure intermediate the anode and cathode. Pulses resulting from charge collection due to radiation ionization of the Xenon... | 11/14/2006 |
