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Shielded container structure for the transport and storage of a radioactive source for medical use

Patent Number: 8110821
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Lemer, Pierre-Marie

A container for transporting a receptacle (2) containing a radioactive substance for medical use. includes a shielded body made up of a belt of side walls connected to a base element and defining a top opening, and a shielded closing lid attachable to the top opening by locking elements shaped so as to be activated by a translational movement of the lid in the top opening, this “locking movement” taking place along the axis of the opening and towards the opposing base element. ...

Ion beam apparatus and method for ion implantation

Patent Number: 8110820
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Glavish, Hilton F.; Jacobson, Dale C.; Horsky, Thomas N.; Hahto, Sami K.

A multipurpose ion implanter beam line configuration constructed for enabling implantation of common monatomic dopant ion species and cluster ions, the beam line configuration having a mass analyzer magnet defining a pole gap of substantial width between ferromagnetic poles of the magnet and a mass selection aperture, the analyzer magnet sized to accept art ion beam from a slot-form ion source extraction aperture of at least about 80 mm height and at least about 7 mm width, and to produce ...

Computer peripherals sterilization system

Patent Number: 8110819
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Boyarsky, David; Boyarsky, Oleg D.

A system and method including a wand-type ultraviolet (UV) light assembly positioned above a keyboard and other computer peripheral device(s) to be sanitized. The UV light assembly is preferably moved across the peripheral device surface to eliminate nearly all germs, bacteria, viruses, pathogens and other microorganisms that have accumulated on the surfaces of the keyboard and other peripherals. Desirably, the system operation is managed by a controller device which is in communication ...

Method of controlling particle absorption on a wafer sample being inspected by a charged particle beam imaging system

Patent Number: 8110818
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Pan, Chung-Shih; Wang, You-Jin

A method of controlling particle absorption on a wafer sample being inspected by a charged particle beam imaging system prevents particle absorption by grounding the wafer sample and kept electrically neutral during the transfer-in and transfer-out ...

Probe array and method of manufacturing the same

Patent Number: 8110817
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Shibahara, Teruhisa

A probe array includes a probe-carrying substrate and a base member. The probe-carrying substrate has first and second principal surfaces extending parallel to each other, and a plurality of probe carriers carrying probe molecules. The base member has a reference surface extending parallel to a fluorescence-receiving surface, and a seating surface supporting the probe-carrying substrate and extending in a direction other than a direction parallel to the reference surface. The probe carriers ...

Fluorescence detection system

Patent Number: 8110816
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Fukuzawa, Takashi

A fluorescence detection system capable of detecting fluorescence with a high sensitivity even if a sample generating fluorescence is small in amount includes a light source emitting excitation light, a probe arranged in opposition to a sample unit, an optical multiplexer/demultiplexer, a detector, a first optical fiber connecting the light source to the optical multiplexer/demultiplexer, a second optical fiber connecting the probe to the optical multiplexer/demultiplexer, and a third ...

Vapor delivery to devices under vacuum

Patent Number: 8110815
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Adams, Douglas R.; Sinclair, Frank; Copertino, Brent M.

Providing vapor to a vapor-receiving device housed in a high vacuum chamber. An ion beam implanter, as an example, has a removable high voltage ion source within a high vacuum chamber and a vapor delivery system that delivers vapor to the ion source and does not interfere with removal of the ion source for maintenance. For delivering vapor to a vapor-receiving device, such as the high voltage ion source under vacuum, a flow interface device is in the form of a thermally conductive valve ...

Ion sources, systems and methods

Patent Number: 8110814
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Mantz, Ulrich; Edinger, Klaus; Markwort, Lars; Aderhold, Dirk; Ward, Billy W.; Farkas, III, Louis S.; Percival, Randall G.; Notte, IV, John A.; Hill, Raymond

Ion sources, systems and methods are ...

Charged particle optical system comprising an electrostatic deflector

Patent Number: 8110813
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Baars, Norman Hendrikus Rudolf; Ten Berge, Gerardus Fernandus; Steenbrink, Stijn Willem Herman Karel

A charged particle optical system comprising a beamlet generator for generating a plurality of beamlets of charged particles and an electrostatic deflector for deflecting the beamlets. The electrostatic deflector comprises first and second electrodes adapted for connection to a voltage for generating an electric field between the electrodes for deflection of the beamlets, the electrodes being at least partially freestanding in an active area of the electrostatic deflector. The electrodes ...

Method and system for detecting nitrogenous materials via gamma-resonance absorption (GRA)

Patent Number: 8110812
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Goldberg, Mark; Vartsky, David

A method for detecting nitrogenous materials within an object by means of Gamma-Resonance Absorption (GRA), including placing on one side of an object a target containing 13C for bombardment with a proton beam of approximately 1.75 MeV energy, to produce a source of 9.172 MeV gamma-rays for scanning the object, reading from the gamma-ray detector the total and the non-resonant attenuations of the incident photon flux, and deriving from the attenuations the net resonant attenuation and the ...

Devices and methods related to radiation delivery

Patent Number: 8110811
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Krautim, Chawalit Dan; Wallace, Robert E.; Alderson, Matthew

Devices and methods are disclosed which relate to the calibration and quality assurance of motion tracking enabled radiation therapy machines. A phantom, capable of mimicking human breathing through inflation and deflation of the lungs, houses an independently moving target (tumor) that detects the amount of radiation received from the radiation therapy machine. This amount can be compared with a desired amount to determine if adjustment or repositioning is necessary. The servo-mechanism(s) ...

Methods for increasing the sensitivity of gamma-ray imagers

Patent Number: 8110810
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Mihailescu, Lucian; Vetter, Kai M.; Chivers, Daniel H.

Methods are presented that increase the position resolution and granularity of double sided segmented semiconductor detectors. These methods increase the imaging resolution capability of such detectors, either used as Compton cameras, or as position sensitive radiation detectors in imagers such as SPECT, PET, coded apertures, multi-pinhole imagers, or other spatial or temporal modulated ...

Radiation detector and radiographic inspection apparatus

Patent Number: 8110809
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Amano, Daizo

On a wiring board 21, first and second semiconductor detection device arrays 22a and 22b are arranged along a depth direction (Y-axial direction). Each of the first and the second semiconductor detection device arrays 22a and 22b is composed by arranging six semiconductor detection devices 23₁through 23₆in one line in an arrangement direction (X-axial direction). Guard members 28a ...

Floating intelligent perimeter sensor system

Patent Number: 8110808
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Frank, David L.

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 associated with vessels in the waterways. The hazardous materials detected, and optionally identified, can include radiological materials, fissile materials, explosives, chemicals and biological materials (CBRNE). A set of ...

Rediation detector system for locating and identifying special nuclear material in moving vehicles

Patent Number: 8110807
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Gullickson, Richard

The invention uses a series of combined passive neutron and gamma ray sensors systematically placed along a path of commercial traffic, for example an airport runway, combined with a pulsed source of low energy protons and deuterons. The pulsed source produces monoenergetic gamma rays and low energy (60 keV) neutrons. This pulsed source uses a pinch-reflex ion diode operated on a pulsed power generator to produce proton beams. These beams bombard a PTFE (Teflon) target to produce ...

Solid-state photomultiplier having improved timing resolution

Patent Number: 8110806
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Couture, Aaron Judy; Burr, Kent Charles; Wang, Gin-Chung Jimmy

A solid-state photomultiplier is provided for use in imaging detectors. The solid-state photomultiplier includes a plurality of microcells configured to detect impinging photons. Each of the plurality of microcells further includes a photodiode coupled to a common electrode through a quenching resistor and configured to convert the impinging photons into electrical signals, and an impedance device coupled in parallel with the quenching resistor so as to reduce overall quenching impedance at ...

Iterative algorithms for crystal efficiencies estimations from TOF compressed normalization data

Patent Number: 8110805
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Panin, Vladimir Y.

Time-of-flight (TOF) clinical data collected during a PET scan are very sparse and have significant size. These data undergo TOF axial rebinning and azimuthal mashing if histogrammed data-based reconstruction algorithms are used. In a clinical environment, TOF compression is typically performed by the hardware rebinner. Normalization data, acquired on a regular basis and used for estimation of some norm components, are compressed by the hardware rebinner in a similar manner. This disclosure ...

Through substrate optical imaging device and method

Patent Number: 8110804
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Marson, Jon; Schreiner, Alex F.; Habib, Taufiq

A through-substrate optical imaging device for through-imaging of translucent work objects, includes a radiation source outputting radiation that will be transmissive through the work object and an imaging system configured for capturing inspection information from the radiation source through the work object. The radiation source is configured such that the radiation impinges on the surface of the work object under various angles of incidence. A method for through-substrate optical imaging ...

Sighting system and method

Patent Number: 8110803
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Hollander, Milton Bernard; Baghai, Shahin

This invention relates to optical sighting apparatus systems, and to methods for visualization and for identifying remote target surface areas without physical contact for the purpose of measurement and/or of treatment of the remote surface. An arrangement of projected light beams indicates the position and size of the target surface in relation to a measurement detector or treatment device, so that the device is accurately directed to the target. In a preferred arrangement separate laser ...

Photodetecting device including base with positioning portion

Patent Number: 8110802
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Muramatsu, Masaharu; Kobayashi, Hiroya; Miyazaki, Yasuhito

In a photodetecting device 3, positional alignment marks 18A, 18B to serve as positional references of a photodetecting element 11 are formed at the front surface side of the photodetecting element 11. Moreover, a pin base 13 is provided with a threaded fitting pin 32 to be fitted with a cold plate 2, and the threaded fitting pin 32 is accurately positionally aligned with respect to the photodetecting element 11 via a ...

Layered scanning charged particle microscope package for a charged particle and radiation detector

Patent Number: 8110801
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Indermuehle, Scott W.; Silver, Charles S.; Spallas, James P.; Muray, Lawrence P.

A scanning charged particle microscope includes a layered charged particle beam column package; a sample holder; and a layered micro-channel plate detector package located between the column package and the sample ...

Scanning electron microscope system and method for measuring dimensions of patterns formed on semiconductor device by using the system

Patent Number: 8110800
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Miyamoto, Atsushi; Tanaka, Maki; Shishido, Chie

The present invention is for providing a scanning electron microscope system adapted to output contour information fitting in with the real pattern edge end of a sample, and is arranged to generate a local projection waveform by projecting the scanning electron microscope image in the tangential direction with respect to the pattern edge at each point of the pattern edge of the scanning electron microscope image, estimate the cross-sectional shape of the pattern transferred on the sample by ...

Confocal secondary electron imaging

Patent Number: 8110799
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Adler, David L.

One embodiment relates to an apparatus using electrons for inspection or metrology of a semiconductor substrate. The apparatus includes an electron source, electron lenses, scan deflectors, an objective electron lens, a collection electron lens, a pin-hole filter, de-scan deflectors, and a detector. The collection electron lens is configured to focus the secondary electrons so as to form a secondary electron beam which is focused at a conjugate focal plane, and the pin-hole filter is ...

Method for cooling ions in a linear ion trap

Patent Number: 8110798
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Collings, Bruce

Methods for cooling ions retained in an ion trap are described. In various embodiments, a cooling gas is delivered into a linear ion trap causing a non-steady state pressure elevation in at least a portion of the trap above about 8×10⁻⁵Torr for a duration less than the ion-retention time. In various embodiments, the duration of pressure elevation can be based upon a period of time required for an ion to lose a desired amount of its kinetic ...

Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry methodology

Patent Number: 8110797
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Juyal, Priyanka; Rodgers, Ryan P.; Marshall, Alan G.

A method of enhanced speciation of both positive and negatives species in an analyte is disclosed. The method can include producing a first analyte solution comprising an analyte composition and an effective amount of silver triflate, and analyzing the first analyte solution with an electrospray ionization mass spectrometer. The method can also include producing a second analyte solution comprising a portion of the analyte composition and an effective amount of a compound of formula I, and ...

Nanophotonic production, modulation and switching of ions by silicon microcolumn arrays

Patent Number: 8110796
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Vertes, Akos; Walker, Bennett N.

The production and use of silicon microcolumn arrays that harvest light from a laser pulse to produce ions are described. The systems of the present invention seem to behave like a quasi-periodic antenna array with ion yields that show profound dependence on the plane of laser light polarization and the angle of incidence. By providing photonic ion sources, this enables enhanced control of ion production on a micro/nano scale and direct integration with miniaturized analytical ...

Laser system for MALDI mass spectrometry

Patent Number: 8110795
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Franzen, Jochen; Haase, Andreas; Höhndorf, Jens

Mass spectrometry with lasers generates ions from analyte molecules by matrix assisted laser desorption for a variety of different mass spectrometric analysis procedures. The mass spectrometers with laser systems supply laser light pulses having at least two different pulse durations, and mass spectrometric measuring techniques use the laser light pulses of different durations. The duration of the laser light pulses allows the characteristics of the ionization of the analyte molecules, ...

Soft ablative desorption method and system

Patent Number: 8110794
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Miller, R. J. Dwayne

Methods and systems are provided for the soft desorption of analyte from a sample, in which an optical beam absorbed within an irradiate zone of the sample causes vibrational excitations of a component within the sample. The optical beam, providing sufficient energy to superheat the component, is provided for a time interval that is less than the time duration required for the loss of energy out of the irradiated zone due to thermal diffusion and acoustic expansion. The superheated ...

Tandem mass spectrometry with feedback control

Patent Number: 8110793
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Nielsen, Michael Lund; Savitski, Mikhail; Zubarev, Roman

The invention relates to acquisition methods for fragment ion spectra of biopolymer molecules in tandem mass spectrometers which are coupled to separation devices. The invention provides a real-time method for calculating a quality coefficient for each fragment ion spectrum. The quality coefficient indicates whether the fragment ion spectrum can be used successfully for identifying the biopolymer molecule or whether it should be acquired once more, possibly with other acquisition ...

Absolute position length measurement type encoder

Patent Number: 8110792
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Morimoto, Kouji

An absolute position length measurement type encoder includes: a scale in which an ABS pattern based on a pseudorandom code is provided; a light-receiving element for receiving bright and dark patterns formed by the scale; and a signal processing circuit for processing signals subjected to output of the light-receiving element and measuring an absolute position of the scale to the light-receiving element, wherein the signal processing circuit includes a space-dividing number conversion ...

Imaging device

Patent Number: 8110791
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Handerek, Vincent Andrei; Laycock, Leslie Charles

An imaging device, particularly but not exclusively for use in a targeting sensor for missile seekers. The imaging device including at least one lens; a substantially planar sensor having a plurality of pixels; a light guiding arrangement for directing light received via said lenses toward said sensor; in which said light guiding arrangement includes a plurality of light ...

Large depth of field line scan camera

Patent Number: 8110790
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Wurz, David A.; Brobst, Thomas J.; Freyman, Christopher Alan

A system for imaging an object comprising a surface for receiving the object to be imaged and an imaging device. The imaging device comprises a housing and a fixed focusing optical device mounted to the housing, whereby the fixed focusing optics comprises a lens for focusing light reflected from the object. A plurality of independent linear imaging sensors are positioned in the housing at different distances from the fixed focusing lens so that a face of each of the plurality of independent ...

Electronic device and method for recording disassembly times thereof

Patent Number: 8110789
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Pei, Guang-Yu

An electronic includes a memory, a photosensitive element, and a processing element. The photosensitive element receives light beams and generating trigger signals when intensity of the received light beams reach a predetermined value. The processing element electrically connected to the photosensitive element and the memory, counts a number of disassembly times of the electronic device according to the times the trigger signals have been generated by the photosensitive element and stores ...

Method and device for detecting weak optical signals

Patent Number: 8110788
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Rabner, Arthur; Shacham-Diamand, Yosi; Oksman, Mark

An optical detection device is disclosed. The device comprises a photoelectric unit, configured to sense incoming photons and to produce electrical signals pertaining to at least a few of the photons within a plurality of temporally resolved time-windows; an analog-to-digital unit, configured to generate digital representation of the electrical signals; and a digital integrating unit, configured to integrate the digital representation over at least part of the temporally resolved ...

Image sensor with a reflective waveguide

Patent Number: 8110787
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Korobov, Vladimir; Pohland, Oliver; Byun, Jeong Soo

An image sensor having shield structures and methods of forming the same are provided. Generally, the image sensor includes: (i) substrate having at least one photosensitive element formed therein; (ii) a dielectric layer overlying the substrate and the photosensitive element; and (iii) an annular reflective waveguide disposed in the dielectric layer above the photosensitive element to reduce cross-talk between adjacent elements of the sensor while increasing sensitivity of the sensor. In ...

Multi-element concentrator system

Patent Number: 8110786
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Sepehry-Fard, Fareed; Fatehi, Mohammed Taghi

A novel concentrator system is described, which increases the efficiency of collecting and concentrating sunlight energy onto a target. This method uses an array of small movable reflective or refractive concentrator components that can move via a feedback mechanism which tracks the sun and concentrates the suns energy on to a second array of energy converting elements. In order to improve the effective collected energy, the array of concentrator elements is placed on a moving or tiltable ...

Probe microscope

Patent Number: 8108942
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Kawasaki, Kazuhiko; Koga, Satoshi; Suzuki, Yoshimasa

A probe microscope includes a cantilever having a probe, a displacement detecting optical system, an observation optical system, an objective lens, and a parallel glass. The displacement detecting optical system includes a first light source and a light detecting element. The observation optical system includes a second light source, an image forming lens, and a camera. The objective lens is disposed between the cantilever and the first and second light sources, and is commonly used by the ...

Radiation image capturing system, radiation image capturing method, and program

Patent Number: 8106374
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Fukuda, Hiroshi; Harada, Daiki; Ohta, Yasunori; Kito, Eiichi; Nishino, Naoyuki; Mochizuki, Naoki

A radiation image capturing system includes a first image capturing apparatus incorporating a radiation detector for detecting a radiation which has passed through a subject and converting the radiation into radiation image information, a second image capturing apparatus incorporating a stimulable phosphor panel for detecting a radiation which has passed through a subject, converting the radiation into radiation image information, and holding the radiation image information, and a processor ...

Apparatus for reading out X-ray information stored in storage phosphor plates

Patent Number: 8106373
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Schindlbeck, Günther; Werkstetter, Rudolf; Hartmann, Thomas; Hölzl, Johannes; Voigtländer, Volkmar; Auer, Franz

An apparatus (10) for reading out X-ray information stored in storage phosphor plates with an input unit, (12) for inputting a plurality of cassettes (14, 28, 32) which can be stacked one behind the other in a direction of stacking (S) within the input unit (12), has an oblong accommodation well (30) for accommodating one of the cassettes (32), the accommodation well (30) being adjacent to the input unit (12), a moving device ...

Quick release containment and shielding apparatus

Patent Number: 8106372
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Powers, Donald L.

A containment medical apparatus for use in association with medical treatments requiring radioactive substances has a tubular housing with a cap configured for closing an open end of the tubular housing. A quick release mechanism holds the cap on an open end of the tubular ...

Charged particle irradiation system and irradiation planning equipment

Patent Number: 8106371
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Nagamine, Yoshihiko; Hiramoto, Kazuo; Fujii, Yusuke

In a charged particle irradiation system, forming a uniform dose distribution is required by irradiating a moving irradiation object through beam scanning and energy stacking. The charged particle irradiation system includes an ion beam generator 1 from which an ion beam is extracted with a target beam current value thereof set; an irradiation nozzle 21 having scanning magnets 23, 24 and an energy filter 26, the irradiation nozzle 21 for irradiating an ...

Isotope production system and cyclotron having a magnet yoke with a pump acceptance cavity

Patent Number: 8106370
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Eriksson, Tomas; Norling, Jonas

A cyclotron that includes a magnet assembly to produce a magnetic field to direct charged particles along a desired path. The cyclotron also includes a magnet yoke that has a yoke body that surrounds an acceleration chamber. The magnet assembly is located in the yoke body. The yoke body forms a pump acceptance (PA) cavity that is fluidicly coupled to the acceleration chamber. The cyclotron also includes a vacuum pump that is configured to introduce a vacuum into the acceleration chamber. ...

Electron beam web irradiation apparatus and process

Patent Number: 8106369
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Drenter, John

The present disclosure includes an electron beam emitter, a roller for a web, circumferential radiation shielding, a reaction chamber, movement between open and closes positions, a depositor, baffles, inert gas dispenser, and other features. One example in the present disclosure is a web carrying roller for electron beam irradiation of the web on one side of that roller within a baffle-containing shielded area, while another side of that roller is outside of the shielded area, and near the ...

Fluorescence detecting method

Patent Number: 8106368
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Ohtsuka, Hisashi

A fluorescence detecting method utilizes surface plasmon enhancement. An electric field enhancing field is caused to be generated at a detecting portion that includes a metal film provided on a surface of a dielectric prism. Fluorescence emitted by fluorescent labels, which are attached to a detection target substance, due to the excitation effect of the electric field enhancing field is detected by a photodetector. During the detection, a plurality of fine metal particles are dispersed on ...

Method and ionizer for bipolar ion generation

Patent Number: 8106367
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Riskin, Yefim Z

An ionizer includes a high voltage AC generator, and a planar ion emitter mounted on an insulating substrate and having an array of planar needles that protrude from an edge of the substrate. The high voltage AC generator may be actuated by a switch having a pair of mutually insulated planar contacts located near an edge of the insulating substrate and configured to be contacted by an electrically conductive coil spring. The coil spring is supported by a slider that is moveable toward the ...

Ion beam control apparatus and method

Patent Number: 8106366
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Noda, Kouji; Noda, Akira; Shirai, Toshiyuki; Ikegami, Masahiro; Nakamura, Shu; Daido, Hiroyuki

Provided are an ion beam control apparatus and a control method for controlling an ion beam energy expansion level and an ion beam size in a radial direction. An ion beam control apparatus Sa is provided with an ion beam generating unit 2, and an ion beam control unit 1a in which a generated ion beam (IB) is input and controlled to be output with the prescribed level of energy expansion and the prescribed diameter in the radial direction. In the ion beam control unit ...

Identifying fissionable material

Patent Number: 8106365
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Perticone, David; Ziskin, Vitaliy

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 fissionable materials towards a physical region. X-ray radiation and a product of fission from the physical region are sensed. An absorption of the dual-energy x-ray radiation by the physical region is determined based on the sensed ...

X-ray detecting panel, X-ray detector and method of driving the X-ray detector

Patent Number: 8106364
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Jung, Kwan-Wook; Choo, Dae-Ho

An X-ray detecting panel includes a thin film transistor; first and second photosensors connected to the thin film transistor; and a scintillator which changes X-rays that are external and incident thereto into visible light ...

Digital radiography panel with pressure-sensitive adhesive for optical coupling between scintillator screen and detector and method of manufacture

Patent Number: 8106363
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Yip, Kwok L.

A digital radiography panel has a scintillator screen having a light-exiting surface from a material with a first index of refraction n₁and a photosensor array having a light-accepting surface from a material with a second index of refraction n₂. A pressure-sensitive adhesive couples the light-exiting surface of the scintillator screen to the light-accepting surface of the photosensor array and has a third index of refraction that has a value n_PSAthat ...

Surface contamination examining device and method

Patent Number: 8106362
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Shirakawa, Yoshiyuki

A surface contamination examining device includes a radiation detector 11 and an arithmetic/display device 13 for displaying radiation intensity in form of a counting rate. The arithmetic/display device has a boundary detecting device 10 that detects the boundary of contamination 14 of an object to be measured by a radioactive material while the radiation detector moves along a surface 18 of the object to be measured. The boundary detecting device ...