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7626178 Integrated neutron-gamma radiation detector with adaptively selected gamma threshold  
An integrated radiation detector having a pulse-mode operating photosensor optically coupled to a gamma sensing element and a neutron sensing element is disclosed. The detector includes pulse shape...
7612342 Very bright scintillators  
The present application discloses methods and devices for increasing the light output of a scintillator. Using the methods of the present disclosure, a very high intensity electric field is applied...
7608829 Polymeric composite scintillators and method for making same  
A scintillation detector comprising nano-scale particles of a scintillation compound embedded in a plastic matrix is provided. The nano-scale particles may be made from metal oxides, metal...
7608828 Solid solution material of rare earth element fluoride (polycrystal and single crystal), and method for preparation thereof, and radiation detector and test device  
A rare earth fluoride solid solution material (polycrystal and/or single crystal) characterized in that the material is obtained by mutually combining a plurality of rare earth fluorides having...
7608201 Scintillator material based on rare earth with a reduced nuclear background  
Inorganic scintillator material of formula A n Ln p X (3p+n) in which has a very low nuclear background noise and is particularly suitable as a detector scintillator for coating weight or...
7605373 Scintillator compositions containing cerium and praseodymium activator ions, and related methods and articles of manufacture  
A scintillator composition is described. The scintillator composition includes a lutetium phosphate matrix, a cerium activator ion for the matrix material, a praseodymium activator ion, and any...
7605372 Method for authentication by chemical marking or tracing of an object or a substance  
The invention concerns a method for authenticating different objects or substances to be identified comprising at least two phases: during an initial phase, selecting a plurality of chemical...
7595492 Fluorescent material, a method of manufacturing the fluorescent material, a radiation detector using the fluorescent material, and an X-ray CT scanner  
An aspect in accordance with the present invention provides, a fluorescent material with garnet structure containing Gd, Al, Ga, and O at least, containing Lu and/or Y, and also containing Ce as an...
7592603 Combined radiation dosimeter and rate meter  
A radiation detector can perform both rate and dose measurements for personal safety and also to provide measurements that are sufficiently sensitive for security applications. In one embodiment, a...
7592596 Methods and systems for medical imaging  
Methods and systems for a medical imaging system are provided. The medical imaging system includes an input circuit configured to receive a voltage level signal indicative of a stream of pulses, a...
7579597 Scintillation article including a photomultiplier tube article  
A scintillation article including a scintillation detector coupled to a photomultiplier tube (PMT) housing, and a PMT assembly disposed within the PMT housing. The scintillation article further...
7576329 Scintillator compositions, and related processes and articles of manufacture  
Scintillator materials based on certain types of halide-lanthanide matrix materials are described. In one embodiment, the matrix material contains a mixture of lanthanide halides, i.e., a solid...
7573035 GOS ceramic scintillating fiber optics x-ray imaging plate for use in medical DF and RF imaging and in CT  
A radiation detector ( 24 ) for an imaging system includes a two-dimensional array ( 50 ) of nondeliquescent ceramic scintillating fibers or sheets ( 52 ). The scintillating fibers ( 52 ) are...
7573034 Mobile radiography image recording system  
An apparatus for capturing information associated with an x-ray image recordable on an x-ray imaging plate. The apparatus is configured to be held in a hand of a user of the apparatus and includes...
7554087 Scintillator plate, manufacturing method of the same and radiation image sensor  
A scintillator plate comprising: (i) a radiation transmissive substrate; (ii) a light absorbing layer formed on the substrate, the light absorbing layer absorbing light of a prescribed wavelength...
7547888 Nanocomposite scintillator and detector  
A nanocomposite scintillator is prepared using fast, bright, rare-earth doped nanopowder phosphor and a binder that is transparent to the emission of the phosphor.
7547887 Gamma ray spectrometers  
A gamma ray detector ( 50 ) comprises a plastic scintillation body ( 52 ) arranged to receive incident gamma rays to be detected. Photons are generated in response to the gamma rays by excitation...
7541596 Method and apparatus for increasing light absorption in an image sensor using energy conversion layer  
A system and method for applying a layer of material in the image sensor fabrication process in order to increase the absorption of specific range light spectrum by the image sensor is described....
7541589 Scintillator compositions based on lanthanide halides, and related methods and articles  
A scintillator composition is described, including a matrix material and an activator. The matrix material includes at least one lanthanide halide compound. The matrix can also include at least one...
7525094 Nanocomposite scintillator, detector, and method  
A compact includes a mixture of a solid binder and at least one nanopowder phosphor chosen from yttrium oxide, yttrium tantalate, barium fluoride, cesium fluoride, bismuth germanate, zinc gallate,...
7521685 Structured scintillator and systems employing structured scintillators  
A structured scintillator and a detection system employing structured scintillators. More specifically, a structured scintillator comprising a scintillator material having a plurality of isolated...
7514686 Radiation detecting apparatus, scintillator panel, their manufacturing method and radiation detecting system  
A radiation detecting apparatus includes a substrate 1 , a scintillator layer 7 converting a radiation into light, and scintillator protection members 8, 9 and 10 to cover the scintillator...
7510671 Inorganic scintillator and process for its fabrication  
The inorganic scintillator of the invention is an inorganic scintillator capable of producing scintillation by radiation, which is a crystal comprising a metal oxide containing Lu, Gd, Ce and Si...
7507969 Ruggedized radiation detector  
A radiation detector assembly is provided. The radiation detector assembly includes a radiation detector element and a light detection element operationally connected to the radiation detector...
7504634 Lu1-xI3:Cex—A Scintillator for gamma ray spectroscopy and time-of-flight PET  
The present invention concerns very fast scintillator materials comprising lutetium iodide doped with Cerium Lu 1-x I 3 :Ce x ; LuI 3 :Ce). The LuI 3 scintillator material has surprisingly good...
7501632 Triclinic-structure composite oxide containing zinc and tungsten and phosphor  
There are provided a composite oxide of a triclinic crystal system comprising zinc and tungsten, and a production method thereof. Further, there is provided a light-emitting material comprising the...
7501631 Shielding an imaging array from X-ray noise  
An electronic imaging sensor, which has an improved immunity to noise caused by unwanted x-rays, images an object by collecting charge carriers produced in the sensor when the object is exposed to...
7498579 Scintillator and radiation detector, and radiation inspecting device  
A scintillator, characterized in that it comprises crystals of Pr 1-x Ce x F 3 [wherein 0<x<0.5]. It emits a light in ultraviolet and visible regions when it is irradiated with a light or a...
7491924 Combination reader  
An apparatus for imaging an array of a plurality of features associated with a sample tile. The apparatus includes a stage that supports the sample tile in an illumination region, and an...
7485865 Compound optical coupler and support mechanism  
A support mechanism for protecting an object is described. The support system includes at least one support or friction ring for providing dynamic protection to the object. One embodiment includes...
7465930 Wobbling mechanism to compensate FOV truncation in SPECT systems  
A nuclear imaging system and method are provided for synchronously recovering the field of view of a target to be imaged includes multiple detectors attached to a gantry, a support member or...
7442938 X-ray detector fabrication methods and apparatus therefrom  
A detector includes a reflector and a scintillator in optical communication with the reflector, wherein both the reflector and the scintillator are fabricated from the same material.
7414247 Methods and apparatus for geophysical logging  
Apparatus and assemblies for a borehole survey instrument are provided. A radiation detector includes a photo-detector, and a scintillator optically coupled to the photo-detector wherein the...
7414245 Scintillator-based micro-radiographic imaging device  
A scintillation based imaging system. The device utilizes a single-crystal inorganic scintillator to convert ionizing radiation to light in a spectral range or ranges within the visible or...
7408164 Detector array utilizing air gaps as a reflector between array elements  
A detector array including a plurality of scintillators for use in association with an imaging device. The detector array is provided for accurate determination of the location of the impingement...
7408161 Investigations  
Apparatus and methods are provided for establishing the nature and level of radioactive sources within waste, particularly of a compactable nature. Detectors sensitive to low energy level radiation...
7405404 CeBr3 scintillator  
The present invention provides a new scintillator, cerium bromide (CeBr 3 ), for gamma ray spectroscopy. Crystals of this scintillator have been grown using the Bridgman process. In CeBr 3 , Ce 3+ ...
7402804 Geosteering of solid mineral mining machines  
An armored gamma radiation detector for a solid mineral mining apparatus is provided comprising a scintillation element for detecting radiation emitted from a material to be mined. The radiation...
7399972 Component for radiation detector and radiation detector  
A group of scintillator elements that convert an incident radiation into a light is one-dimensionally arranged. A photodiode array includes a group of photodiode elements that are arranged...
7397034 Method of enhancing performance of doped scintillation crystals  
A method for enhancing the light yield of a doped scintillation crystal may include a reducing step if the crystal includes a dopant, such as cerium in a first oxidation state, such as the 4+...
7381956 Detector element for spatially resolved detection of gamma radiation  
The invention relates to a detector element ( 1 ) for gamma radiation, which is particularly suitable for use in a PEF apparatus. The detector element ( 1 ) consists of two or more different...
7375336 ZnS(Ag) scintillation detector  
A ZnS (Ag) scintillation detector comprises a ZnS (Ag) scintillators layer 22 which is excited by incident α-rays and emits a scintillator light, a photomultiplier tube 16 which converts the...
7368719 Scintillating materials, articles employing the same, and methods for their use  
Disclosed herein are scintillating materials, methods for their manufacture, and method for their use. In one embodiment, a scintillator comprises the formula A 2 LnBX 6 , wherein A comprises...
7368718 X-ray detector  
An x-ray detector with a scintillator element connected to a detection area of a photodiode via an optically transparently curing adhesive. To increase the sensitivity of the x-ray detector, it is...
7365336 Scintillator-based low energy particle imaging spectrometer  
The Low-energy Imaging Particle Spectrometer (LIPS) is configured as a “pinhole camera” with particle-specific scintillator focal planes. The scintillators are designed specifically to respond...
7365333 LuxY(1−x)Xa3 scintillators  
The present invention concerns scintillators comprising a composition having the formula Lu x Y (1−x) Xa 3 , wherein Xa is a halide, and a dopant. The Lu x Y (1−x) Xa 3 and dopant material has...
7361901 Scintillator detector fabrication  
The present invention provides methods for selectively forming a scintillator layer on a substrate as well as related devices. The method includes positioning an electrostatic dissipative organic...
7321121 Fast, simple radiation detector for responders  
A radiation detection device, system, and method for use in homeland security is disclosed. The device is portable and includes a photomultiplier tube (PMT) connected to an end of a substantially...
7297954 Inorganic scintillator, and radiation detector and PET apparatus employing it  
The inorganic scintillator of the invention has the chemical composition represented by Ce x Ln y Si z O u (where Ln represents at least two elements selected from among Y, Gd and Lu....
7291843 Solid-state X-ray detector  
A solid-state X-ray detector comprising a photosensitive sensor combined with a radiation converter or scintillator is described. The radiation detector includes an entry window through which the...
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