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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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+ ...
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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...
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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...
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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+...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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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