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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8188432 | Infrared camera packaging and alignment systems and methods One or more embodiments of the invention provide for a lens package comprising a housing having a vacuum compatible interior space, a base coupled to the housing, a lens coupled to the housing, and an infrared detector within the housing for providing infrared image... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8183537 | Neutron detection system A neutron detector system including a neutron sensitive reaction layer may be configured to react with incident neutrons to form energetic particles. An energetic particle capturing layer may be configured to capture energetic particles emitted from the neutron sens... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183528 | Electromagnetic wave measuring apparatus, measurement method, a program, and a recording medium According to the present invention, the CT is carried out based on parameters other than the absorption rate. An electromagnetic wave measurement device includes an electromagnetic wave output device 2 which outputs an electromagnetic wave at a frequency equa... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8178843 | Polycrystalline heterostructure infrared detector A midwave infrared lead salt photodetector manufactured by a process comprising the step of employing molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) to grow a heterostructure photoconductive detector with a wide-gap surface layer that creates a surface channel for minority carriers. | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178841 | Monolithically integrated IR imaging using rare-earth up conversion materials Infrared imaging at wavelengths longer than the silicon bandgap energy (>1100 nm) typically require expensive focal plane arrays fabricated from compound semiconductors (InSb or HgCdTe) or use of slower silicon microbolometer technology. Furthermore, these technolog... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8173970 | Detection of nuclear materials A method for detecting Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) or Radiological dispersion Devices (RDD), comprising: conveying an object along a predetermined path; imaging a distribution of radioactive sources associated with the object as it passes along said path; determ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8165507 | Image formation apparatus and developer cartridge An image formation apparatus is provided, to which developing devices, each having an opening, and developer cartridges for respectively supplying a developing agent to the openings of the developing devices are mountable. The apparatus includes: developing device s... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8148695 | Nuclear medical diagnosis apparatus A PET apparatus comprises a plurality of detector units in the circumferential direction, wherein the detector unit includes a plurality of unit substrates therein, and wherein the unit substrate includes: a plurality of detectors upon which a γ-ray is incident; an... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148691 | Calibration methodology for NDIR dew point sensors A method for calibrating a dual-beam NDIR gas sensor for detecting water vapor by obtaining a variant sensor components domain (“G0”) when there is no water vapor gas in the sample chamber, obtaining a physics measurement domain (“G”) for a set of... | 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 |
| 8129690 | High sensitivity B-10 neutron detectors using high surface area inserts A neutron detector that includes an anode and a cathode. The cathode includes at least one portion that has a porous substrate with surface segments that define open pores and a layer of neutron sensitive material on the surface segments of the porous substrate.... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8129688 | Method and apparatus for a radiation detector The invention is directed at a radiation detector which includes a grid electrode located within the detector to assist in the charge collection process. The grid electrode is preferably embedded within a semiconductor layer between two electrode layers, one of the ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8124936 | Stand-off chemical detector A stand-off chemical detector has an array of charge-coupled-device electromagnetic radiation sensing elements. One or more first charge-coupled-device electromagnetic radiation sensing elements of the array are selectively responsive to non-visible electromagnetic ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8119996 | Quantum efficiency measurement apparatus and quantum efficiency measurement method A sample that is an object whose quantum efficiency is to be measured, and a standard object having a known reflectance characteristic are each attached to a sample window provided in a plane mirror. Based on respective spectrums measured by a spectrometer in respec... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8119997 | Optical system and method for inspecting fluorescently labeled biological specimens A system for imaging a fluorescently labeled sample is presented, The system comprises a capsule, which is a closable structure made of a material isolating the inside of the capsule from its surrounding environment, and which has a support stage for receiving the s... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8110808 | Floating intelligent perimeter sensor system A system, method, and floating intelligent perimeter sensor, provide protection for waterways and critical infrastructures. The system and method utilize one or more floating intelligent perimeter sensors to detect, and in some cases identify, hazardous materials as... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8106365 | Identifying fissionable material Fissionable materials are distinguished from other high-effective atomic number materials by producing dual-energy x-ray radiation sufficient to cause fission in fissionable materials and directing the dual-energy x-ray radiation sufficient to cause fission in fissi... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106363 | Digital radiography panel with pressure-sensitive adhesive for optical coupling between scintillator screen and detector and method of manufacture A digital radiography panel has a scintillator screen having a light-exiting surface from a material with a first index of refraction n1 and a photosensor array having a light-accepting surface from a material with a second index of refraction n2 | 01/31/2012 |
| 8097865 | Multispectral illuminaton device An illumination device includes at least four semiconductor radiation sources (18) for emitting optical radiation in respectively different emission wavelength ranges. At least one color splitter (22.1, 22.2, 22.3), which is reflective for optical radi... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8097855 | Methods and systems for detecting concealed objects Methods and systems for detecting the presence of concealed objects that can be utilized at locations where conventional methods cannot be utilized are disclosed. One embodiment of the method of these teachings for detecting the presence of concealed objects uses th... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8093559 | Methods and apparatus for three-color infrared sensors The present invention provides a two-terminal infrared detector capable of detecting a plurality of bands, such as three bands, over the visible and short-wave infrared bands. Detection of three colors enables one to construct composite imagery that provide signific... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089045 | Method and apparatus for raised material detection A method is provided of detecting a region of raised material on a document surface. A surface of the document is illuminated with at least one angled radiation beam such that any raised material on the document surface reflects the radiation. The surface containing... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8076652 | Real-time, on-line analysis of haloacetic acid species and amounts thereof in drinking water supplies Post-column reaction-ion chromatography (PCR-IC) analysis of drinking water samples for quantity measurements and species identification of haloacetic acid contaminants therein is provided. With the necessity to chlorinate drinking water to remove harmful bacteria a... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8067743 | Imaging apparatus and radiation imaging apparatus Pixels including a photoelectric conversion element 1, a signal transfer TFT (thin film transistor) 2 electrically connected to the photoelectric conversion element, and a reset TFT 3 electrically connected to the photoelectric conversion elemen... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8063375 | Sensible motion detector According to some embodiments, an apparatus having a first sensor having a first adjustable lens and a second sensor having a second adjustable lens is disclosed. A controller is coupled to the first sensor and the second sensor. The controller is to cause the first... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8053734 | Nano-antenna for wideband coherent conformal IR detector arrays A conformal coherent wideband antenna coupled IR detector array included a plurality of unit cells each having a dimension that includes an antenna for focusing radiation onto an absorber element sized less than the dimension. In one embodiment, the absorber element... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8053727 | Radiation conversion device and radiation image capturing system using the same A radiation conversion device is driven by an on-board battery, detects radiation that has passed through a subject, and converts the radiation into image information. A charging cradle to which the radiation conversion device is connected carries out a charging pro... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8039806 | Radiation detector device having an electrically conductive optical interface A radiation detector device is disclosed and includes a scintillation device having a scintillator crystal. The radiation detector device also includes a photosensor. Further, the radiation detector device includes an optical interface coupled between the scintillat... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8026483 | Spectroscopic determination of sucrose A method for determining sugar concentration using spectropolarimetry and multivariate regression modeling A set of fixed polarizers are used in association with a spectrometer, which enables the measurement of optical rotation as absorbance values over a range of w... | 09/27/2011 |
| 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 |
| 8027620 | Image formation apparatus and developer cartridge The invention provides an image formation apparatus, to which developing devices, each having an opening, and developer cartridges for respectively supplying a developing agent to the openings of the developing devices are mountable. The apparatus includes: developi... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8022374 | Holder device for analyzing characteristics of dosimeter Provided is a holder device for analyzing characteristics of a dosimeter. In the holder device, the dosimeter is located in a desired direction on a radiation path along which radiation is irradiated from a radiation emitter, and a radiation absorbance characteristi... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8017915 | Method and apparatus for emission guided radiation therapy An apparatus comprising a radiation source, coincident positron emission detectors configured to detect coincident positron annihilation emissions originating within a coordinate system, and a controller coupled to the radiation source and the coincident positron em... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8013305 | Infrared wavelength imaging applications based on quantum well devices An apparatus for detecting images in a first selected bandwidth includes a probe light source to generate a probe beam in a second selected bandwidth, an optical path including input imaging optics to capture an image in the first selected bandwidth and form an imag... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8008627 | Radiation imaging element A radiation imaging element that includes a plurality of pixel portions each having a phosphor layer that absorbs radiation transmitted through a subject to emit light, a photoelectric conversion portion that includes an upper electrode, a lower electrode, and a pho... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7989772 | Radiation imaging apparatus, its control method, and recording medium storing program for executing the control method To provide a radiation imaging apparatus capable of restraining the change of image qualities due to the change of sensitivities of an MIS-type photoelectric conversion element and its control method. Therefore, an MIS-type photoelectric conversion element 217 | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991316 | Fixing device There is provided a fixing device 6 including a heating body 22 which has a heating heat generation section 24 subjected to induction heating upon application of alternating magnetic fields generated by a exciting coil 27, a pressure roll... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7985953 | System and method of detecting human presence A detector of human emitted Blackbody radiation includes a plurality of series connected thermocouples. A lens can be associated with each of the thermocouples. Incoming radiation produces a different response in each of the thermocouples in accordance with a respec... | 07/26/2011 |
| 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 |
