Abstract: An inspection method of a membrane electrode assembly includes a first process of acquiring an X-ray transmission image of the membrane electrode assembly, a second process of identifying a luminance-reduced region having a luminance lower than a luminance of a surrounding region in the X-ray transmission image acquired in the first process, a third process of correcting the luminance of the luminance-reduced region identified in the second process, in accordance with a planar size of the luminance-reduced region, based on a correlation between a planar size of a foreign matter in the membrane electrode assembly and change in luminance due to diffraction of X-rays, and a fourth process of finding a thickness of the foreign matter in the membrane electrode assembly based on the luminance corrected in the third process.

Abstract: An x-ray-based reservoir evaluation tool for measurement variations in formation density anticipated at the water-oil interface of a reservoir is provided, the tool including at least: an internal length comprising a sonde section, wherein said sonde section further comprises an x-ray source; radiation measuring detectors; sonde-dependent electronics; and a plurality of tool logic electronics and PSUs.

Abstract: A scintillator unit that can reduce crosstalk when the scintillator unit includes a plurality of scintillators and a radiation detector are provided. More specifically, a scintillator unit includes a reflective layer between a plurality of scintillators and the plurality of scintillators, wherein an adhesive layer and a low-refractive-index layer with a lower refractive index than the adhesive layer are located in this order on the scintillators between the scintillators and the reflective layer.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and/or system for measuring engine oil consumption using laser induced breakdown spectroscopy.

Abstract: A scintillator panel is provided. The scintillator panel comprises: a support; a scintillator configured to generate light in accordance with incident radiation; a light reflecting layer arranged between the support and the scintillator and configured to reflect the light; a semi-transmissive layer arranged between the light reflecting layer and the scintillator and configured to reflect part of the light and transmit other part of the light; and an optical adjustment layer arranged between the light reflecting layer and the semi-transmissive layer and configured to make an optical distance between the light reflecting layer and the semi-transmissive layer become a length with which the light resonates.

Abstract: An electromagnetic wave detector is provided. The electromagnetic wave detector comprises: a base; a sensor element arranged on a principal surface of the base and configured to convert, into an electrical signal, light emitted from a scintillator which receives an electromagnetic wave; a lens portion arranged between the scintillator and the sensor element and configured to collect the light generated by the scintillator to the sensor element; a light transmissive portion arranged between the lens portion and the sensor element and configured to transmit the light generated by the scintillator; and a shielding portion including an inner wall located on a periphery of the sensor element and configured to shield the electromagnetic wave. The inner wall is arranged between the light transmissive portion and the principal surface.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are various methods of packaging a semiconductor X-ray detector. The methods may include bonding chips including an X-ray absorption layer or including both an X-ray absorption layer and an electronic layer onto another support such as an interposer substrate or a printed circuit board.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus suitable for detecting x-ray, comprising: an X-ray absorption layer configured to generate an electrical signal from an X-ray photon incident on the X-ray absorption layer; an electronics layer comprising an electronics system configured to process or interpret the electrical signal; and an interposer chip embedded in a board of an electrically insulating material; wherein the X-ray absorption layer is bonded to the electronics layer; wherein the electronics layer is bonded to the interposer chip.

Abstract: A radiation detector includes a sensor substrate, a conversion layer, and a reinforcing substrate. In the sensor substrate, a plurality of pixels for accumulating electric charges generated in response to light converted from radiation are formed on a pixel region of a flexible base material. The conversion layer is provided on a first surface of the base material on which the pixels are provided and converts radiation into light. The reinforcing substrate is provided on a surface of the conversion layer opposite to a surface on the base material side and includes a porous layer having a plurality of through-holes to reinforce the stiffness of the base material.

Abstract: Technologies for multifunction sensor devices include a multifunction sensor having a pair of electrodes separated by a thin film polymer. The multifunction sensor is coupled to a nano-amplifier that receives a sensor signal and amplifies the sensor signal to generate an amplified sensor signal. A controller coupled to the nano-amplifier processes the amplified sensor signal based on the type of the multifunction sensor device to generate sensor data. The type of the multifunction sensor device may be a static charge sensor, a high-energy particle sensor, a microwave sensor, or an ultraviolet/X-ray sensor. The sensor data may be output, for example, to an external computing device via a serial link.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for determining the location of a radiation source. The apparatus for determining the location of a radiation source according to the present invention comprises: a collimator part for selectively passing radiation therethrough according to the direction in which the radiation is incident; a scintillator part for converting the radiation incident from the collimator part into a light ray; a first optical sensor for converting the light ray incident from one end of the scintillator part into a first optical signal; a second optical sensor for converting the light ray incident from the other end of the scintillator part into a second optical signal; and a location information acquisition part for acquiring information on the location where the light ray is generated in the scintillator part, by using the second optical signal and the second optical signal.

Abstract: A scintillator array includes: a structure having at least one scintillator segment and a first reflective layer, the at least one scintillator segment and the first reflective layer having a first surface and a second surface, the at least one scintillator segment having a sintered compact containing a rare earth oxysulfide phosphor, and the first reflective layer being configured to reflect light; and a second reflective layer provided above the first surface via an adhesive layer, the adhesive layer having a thickness of 2 ?m or more and 40 ?m or less, and the second reflective layer having a film configured to reflect light.

Abstract: Described herein are scintillation detectors such as alpha- and beta-particle scintillation detectors along with methods of preparing and using such detectors. The scintillation detector comprises a protective layer including light-blocking nanoparticles.

Abstract: A sensing substrate and an electronic device are provided. The sensing substrate includes a sensing unit on a base substrate. The sensing unit includes a sensing element and a conductive pattern, the sensing element has a light incident surface and a back surface that are opposite and a side surface between the light incident surface and the back surface. The conductive pattern is on a side of the sensing element away from the base substrate, and has a hollow portion and a transparent conductive portion surrounding the hollow portion, an orthographic projection of the hollow portion on the base substrate is at least partially within an orthographic projection of the sensing element on the base substrate, and an orthographic projection of the transparent conductive portion on the base substrate at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of the side surface of the sensing element on the base substrate.

Abstract: A radiation detector includes a photoelectric conversion element array, a scintillator layer converting radiation into light, a resin frame formed on the photoelectric conversion element array, and a protective film covering the scintillator layer. The resin frame has a groove continuous with an outer edge of the protective film. The groove has an overlapping region including a first groove end portion and a second groove end portion partially overlapping in a direction intersecting with an extension direction of the groove.

Abstract: Methods and devices for detecting incident radiation, such as incident X-rays or gamma-rays, are provided. The methods and devices use single-crystalline mercury chalcoiodide compounds having the formula Hg3Q2I2, where Q represents a chalcogen atom or a combination of chalcogen atoms, as photoelectric materials. Also provided are methods for growing single-crystals of the mercury chalcoiodide compounds using external organic chemical transport agents.

Abstract: A method and related apparatus for confirming whether a kill laser successfully destroys an undesired population of cells includes introducing fluorescent dye into cells, exciting the cells with a detection laser or a light emitting diode to cause the cell to fluoresce for a first time, measuring the amount of fluorescence in the cells with a detector capable of emitting a detection pulse, classifying the cells via embedded processing as undesired or desired cells based on the amount of fluorescence, firing a kill beam with a kill laser at any undesired cells, measuring the amount of fluorescence in the cells a second time to determine whether a fluorescent event was generated from the kill beam striking the cells, and providing feedback to an operator of the kill laser as to whether any fluorescent events were generated from the kill beam striking the cells.

Abstract: An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray source, an X-ray imaging panel, and a controller. The controller includes an image processing unit that generates an inspection image in accordance with a data signal read from a thin-film transistor with the thin-film transistor supplied with a gate signal, a detection control unit that detects a dark-spot pixel from the inspection image, and a threshold correction unit that applies, to a gate of the thin-film transistor corresponding to the dark-spot pixel, a positive shift voltage that raises a gate-off threshold voltage of the thin-film transistor.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing on-board electromagnetic radiation sensing using beam splitting in a radiation sensing apparatus. The radiation sensing apparatuses can include a micro-mirror chip including a plurality of light reflecting surfaces. The apparatuses can also include an image sensor including an imaging surface. The apparatuses can also include a beamsplitter unit located between the micro-mirror chip and the image sensor. The beamsplitter unit can include a beamsplitter that includes a partially-reflective surface that is oblique to the imaging surface and the micro-mirror chip. The apparatuses can also include an enclosure configured to enclose at least the beamsplitter and a light source. With the apparatuses, the light source can be attached to a printed circuit board (PCB). Also, the enclosure can include an inner surface that has an angled reflective surface that is configured to reflect light from the light source in a direction towards the beamsplitter.

Abstract: A detection layer (416) for a radiation detector (400) includes a porous silicon membrane (418). The porous silicon membrane includes silicon (419) with a first side (430) and a second opposing side (432), a plurality of pores (420) extending entirely through the silicon from the first side to the second opposing side, each including shared walls (426), at least one protrusion of silicon (424) protruding out and extending from the first side a distance (504, 604, 704). The porous silicon membrane further includes a plurality of radiation sensitive quantum dots (422) in the pores and a quantum dot layer disposed on the first side and having a surface (434) and a thickness (506, 606, 706), wherein the thickness is greater than the distance.