Patents by Inventor Koji HAZU

Koji HAZU has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11939504
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a scintillator which has a short fluorescence decay time, whose fluorescence intensity after a period of time following radiation irradiation is low, and which shows largely improved light-transmittance. A scintillator represented by the following General Formula (1), the scintillator including Zr, having a Zr content of not less than 1500 ppm by mass therein, and being a block of a sintered body. QxMyO3z:A . . . (1) (wherein in General Formula (1), Q includes at least one or more kinds of divalent metallic elements; M includes at least Hf; and x, y, and z independently satisfy 0.5?x?1.5, 0.5?y?1.5, and 0.7?z?1.5, respectively).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Hazu, Kentaro Horibe, Tetsuya Kawano, Keiji Yamahara, Shunsuke Kurosawa, Akira Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20240019592
    Abstract: A scintillator, having a composition represented by the following general formula (1), including a substitution element A, the substitution element A comprising at least La, and a total molar content of the substitution element A being 0.00001 mol or more and 0.05 mol or less in 1 mol of the scintillator, and further including an activator element B, the activator element B being constituted from Ce, having a perovskite-type crystal structure, and exhibiting a linear transmittance of light at a wavelength of 800 nm, at a thickness of 1.9 mm, of 30% or more. QMxO3y . . . (1): wherein Q represents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr and Ba; M represents Hf; Q and M are each optionally substituted with other element at a proportion of 20% by mol or less; and x and y respectively satisfy 0.5?x?1.5 and 0.7?y?1.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Koji Hazu, Keiji Yamahara, Shunsuke Kurosawa, Akira Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20230218249
    Abstract: The signal processing system generates image data, based on an electric signal group output from a radiation detector, and recognizes the electric signal group as a processing target, and the electric signal group includes at least part of an electric signal group meeting the following requirements: the electric signal group is an electric signal group with a signal value within a predetermined range, the electric signal group corresponding to a gamma ray with energy equal to or less than 375 keV; the predetermined range is equal to or greater than 50% and equal to or less than 80% relative to a 100% signal value; and the 100% signal value is a signal value detected when a gamma ray with energy of 511 keV enters a radiation detection element in the radiation detector and is totally absorbed by the radiation detection element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Tohoku University
    Inventors: Koji Hazu, Kentaro Horibe, Keiji Yamahara, Shunsuke Kurosawa, Akira Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20230090649
    Abstract: Provided is a radiation detection device, comprising: a radiation detection unit consisting of two or more radiation detection elements each constituted by a pair of electrodes consisting of a first electrode and a second electrode and a radiation absorption layer that is sandwiched between the pair of electrodes, the two or more radiation detection elements being arranged in a surface direction of the radiation absorption layer; and one or more power supply units electrically connected to the first electrode, wherein the radiation detection unit comprises two or more of the first electrodes to which mutually different voltages are applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Hattori, Koji Hazu
  • Publication number: 20220363987
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a scintillator having a high radiation stopping power, and having a shorter fluorescence decay time compared to conventional scintillators. The above object is achieved by setting the composition of a scintillator to a composition represented by General Formula (1). QxMyO3z??(1) (wherein in General Formula (1), Q includes at least two or more divalent metallic elements; M includes at least Hf; and x, y, and z independently satisfy 0.5?x?1.5, 0.5?y?1.5, and 0.7?z?1.5, respectively).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Tohoku University
    Inventors: Koji Hazu, Kentaro Horibe, Keiji Yamahara, Sunsuke Kurosawa, Akira Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20220326400
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a scintillator which has a short fluorescence decay time, whose fluorescence intensity after a period of time following radiation irradiation is low, and which shows largely improved light-transmittance. A scintillator represented by the following General Formula (1), the scintillator including Zr, having a Zr content of not less than 1500 ppm by mass therein, and being a block of a sintered body. QxMyO3z:A . . . (1) (wherein in General Formula (1), Q includes at least one or more kinds of divalent metallic elements; M includes at least Hf; and x, y, and z independently satisfy 0.5?x?1.5, 0.5?y?1.5, and 0.7?z?1.5, respectively).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Tohoku University
    Inventors: Koji Hazu, Kentaro Horibe, Tetsuya Kawano, Keiji Yamahara, Shunsuke Kurosawa, Akira Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 11261376
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gadolinium oxysulfide sintered body having a high light output. The problem is resolved by a gadolinium oxysulfide sintered body in which the ratio of the light transmittance T410 of 410 nm to the light transmittance T512 of 512 nm (T410/T512) is from 0.31 to 0.61, or a gadolinium oxysulfide sintered body in which the ratio of the diffraction peak intensity Iy of a phase different from gadolinium oxysulfide appearing at 2?=from 20 to 29° to the diffraction peak intensity (Ix) of (102) or (011) of gadolinium oxysulfide appearing at 2?=30°±1° (Iy/Ix) is 0.1 or less in an XRD diffraction pattern and which contains one or more activators selected from the group consisting of praseodymium, terbium, and cerium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Hazu, Keiji Yamahara, Toshiaki Katayama
  • Publication number: 20190345383
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gadolinium oxysulfide sintered body having a high light output. The problem is resolved by a gadolinium oxysulfide sintered body in which the ratio of the light transmittance T410 of 410 nm to the light transmittance T512 of 512 nm (T410/T512) is from 0.31 to 0.61, or a gadolinium oxysulfide sintered body in which the ratio of the diffraction peak intensity Iy of a phase different from gadolinium oxysulfide appearing at 2?=from 20 to 29° to the diffraction peak intensity (Ix) of (102) or (011) of gadolinium oxysulfide appearing at 2?=30°±1° (Iy/Ix) is 0.1 or less in an XRD diffraction pattern and which contains one or more activators selected from the group consisting of praseodymium, terbium, and cerium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Koji HAZU, Keiji Yamahara, Toshiaki Katayama