Abstract: [PROBLEMS] To provide a scintillator responding to high counting rate sustaining high-speed and high detection efficiency of BaF2 and to provide a radiation detection device with high time resolution by using the scintillator. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A specified amount of rare earth element (Eu) is doped into BaF2 to reduce long decay lifetime component (600 to 620 nm), leaving fast decaying component (0.6 to 0.8 ns) of BaF2 luminescence unchanged. The present invention is a high counting rate scintillator for detecting radiation comprising BaF2 doped with rare earth elements (Eu), wherein the doping amount is in the range of 0.02 to 1.0 mol %.

Abstract: This invention provides a radiation detector using a scintillator having both a strong luminescence intensity and a short time constant. The radiation detector comprises as a scintillator an organic/inorganic perovskite hybrid compound represented by the general formula AMX3, wherein A is R—NH3 or R?—NH2, or a mixture thereof, R is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group which may be substituted by an amino group or a halogen atom, R? is a methylene group which may be substituted by an amino group or a halogen atom, each X is a halogen atom that may be identical to or different from the other X groups, and M is a Group IVa metal, Eu, Cd, Cu, Fe, Mn or Pd.

Abstract: This invention is a positron emission tomography (PET) device comprising as a scintillator a perovskite organic/inorganic hybrid compound selected from the group represented by the general formulae: (R1—NR113)2MX4 or (R2—NR12)2MX4, (NR133—R3—NR133)MX4, or (NR142?R4?NR142)MX4, or AMX3. When used as a scintillator, the perovskite organic/inorganic hybrid compound emits visible light with a very fast (subnanosecond order) response, allowing for improved resolution and time-of-flight PET methods.

Abstract: As the response speed of the scintillator used in the prior art positron emission tomography device was extremely limited, there was a limit to the resolution of the positron emission tomography device. To resolve this problem, it was considered that the scintillator should have a response speed of approx. 10−10 seconds (0.1 ns). If such a scintillator can be manufactured, a time-of-flight PET can be realized.

Abstract: This invention relates to a radiation detection device for detecting ionizing beam discharges such as gamma rays, x-rays, electron beams, charged particle beams and neutral particle beams. Specifically, it relates to a radiation detection device which can measure radiations which exist for a very short time (of the order of subnanoseconds or less) from the appearance of photoemission to extinction.

Abstract: This invention provides a radiation detector using a scintillator having both a strong luminescence intensity and a short time constant.

Abstract: This invention relates to a radiation detection device for detecting ionizing beam discharges such as gamma rays, x-rays, electron beams, charged particle beams and neutral particle beams. Specifically, it relates to a radiation detection device which can measure radiations which exist for a very short time (of the order of subnanoseconds or less) from the appearance of photoemission to extinction.