Plural Or Composite Luminophor Patents (Class 250/367)
  • Patent number: 11883686
    Abstract: Proposed is an apparatus for verifying a radiation dose using a patient-specific tumor-shaped scintillator including a probe adapter to which a 3D tumor-shaped scintillator having a guide is attached; a receiving portion to which the probe adapter is detachably coupled; a light guide which extends from the receiving portion and includes optical fiber transmitting visible light generated by irradiating radiation in the 3D tumor-shaped scintillator; a photomultiplier tube converting the visible light transmitted from the light guide into an electric signal and amplifying the converted electric signal; and a current electrometer measuring an output current by inputting the electric signal of the photomultiplier tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: IUCF-HYU (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University)
    Inventors: Yong Kyun Kim, Hyun Tai Chung, Jun Sik Park, Jae Bum Son, Sang Min Lee, Dong Geon Kim, Tae Hoon Kim, Jae Young Jeong
  • Patent number: 11782172
    Abstract: A scintillator array includes: a structure having scintillator segments and a first reflective layer, the first reflective layer being provided between the scintillator segments and being configured to reflect light, and the scintillator segments having a sintered compact containing a rare earth oxysulfide phosphor; and a layer having a second reflective layer provided above the structure, the second reflective layer being configured to reflect light. The first reflective layer has a portion extending into the layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Kondo, Yukihiro Fukuta, Kazumitsu Morimoto, Makoto Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11762111
    Abstract: An arrangement for determining an energy spectrum of a beam of radiation or particles is disclosed. The arrangement comprises a plurality of polymeric bodies. Each of the plurality of polymeric bodies includes an optical waveguide. Each of the plurality of polymeric bodies has a scintillator disposed at a respective end of the optical waveguide. The scintillators are arranged relative to each other such that an energy resolution of a particle beam incident on the arrangement can be determined. Furthermore, a particle detector with the arrangement and an evaluation unit for reading out the particle detector are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Focused Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Hesse, Tina Ebert, Gabriel Schaumann, Markus Roth
  • Patent number: 11715616
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the batch production of large numbers of highly uniform multichannel-plate photomultiplier tubes (MCP-PMTs) for large-scale applications are provided. The systems and methods employ dual, nested low-vacuum (LV) and UHV processing in a rapid-cycling, small-footprint, scalable, batch-production facility that is capable of fabricating many MCP-PMTs simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
    Inventors: Henry J. Frisch, Evan Angelico, Andrey Elagin, Eric Spieglan, Bernhard W. Adams
  • Patent number: 11681055
    Abstract: A radiation detector includes a photodetector and a scintillator coupled thereto. The scintillator is formed of a scintillator material comprising an organic glass scintillator (OGS) material and at least one of a polymer additive or a plasticizer additive. The scintillator emits light when radiation is received at the scintillator, and the light is received by the photodetector. The radiation detector can further include a frame that has an interior cavity that holds the scintillator in position with respect to the photodetector, such that the light emitted by the scintillator is transmitted to the photodetector. The scintillator can be formed by casting amorphous scintillator material in the interior cavity of the frame. The frame can then be coupled to the photodetector to form the radiation detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Carlson, Patrick L. Feng, Nicholas Myllenbeck, Huu Tran, Lucas Nguyen, Melinda Sweany, Peter Marleau
  • Patent number: 11607566
    Abstract: An improved hodoscope radiation detector includes a cone filled with a plastic medium that is closer to the density of water (“tissue equivalent”) than air. The medium may have the following properties: 1) Highly transparent with little optical distortion 2) Produces light along the path of incident radiation (x-rays, protons, and ions of heavier weight like carbon, helium, etc.—also called hadrons) 3) Moldable and/or machinable (i.e., not a hard crystal) 4) Homogeneous—evenly distributed density. This medium can fill the cone completely or only a section of the cone (i.e., frustum) or a subsection of the cone such as a cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Inventor: Brett K Nelson
  • Patent number: 11480694
    Abstract: A scintillator panel includes a substrate, a resin protective layer formed on the substrate and made of an organic material, a barrier layer formed on the resin protective layer and including thallium iodide as a main component, and a scintillator layer formed on the barrier layer and including cesium iodide with thallium added thereto as a main component. According to this scintillator panel, moisture resistance can be improved due to the barrier layer provided therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Keisuke Goto, Kazuhiro Shirakawa, Hidenori Jonishi, Masashi Hatanaka, Haruki Yamaji, Jun Sakurai, Yutaka Kusuyama
  • Patent number: 11479719
    Abstract: A nanocrystal scintillator that contains a thin-film layer of perovskite-based quantum dots coated on a substrate layer. The quantum dots each have a formula of CsPbXaY3-a, CH3NH3PbX3, or NH2CH?NH2PbX3, in which each of X and Y, independently, is Cl, Br, or I, and a is 0-3. The substrate layer is an aluminum substrate, a fluoropolymer substrate, a fiber optic plate, a ceramic substrate, or a rubber substrate. Also disclosed are an ionizing radiation detector and an ionizing radiation imaging system containing such a nanocrystal scintillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
    Inventors: Xiaogang Liu, Qiushui Chen
  • Patent number: 11445995
    Abstract: A Positron Emission Tomography (PET) device, detector for a PET device and method of performing PET. The detector includes a scintillator and a photodetector. The scintillator includes a crystal defining a receiving axis and having a receiving face for receiving a gamma ray. A dopant concentration of the crystal varies along the receiving axis with a distance from the receiving face. The photodetector is configured to generate an impulse response in response to an interaction between the gamma ray and the crystal. A decay profile of the impulse response is related to a local dopant concentration of the crystal at the location of the interaction and the distance of the interaction from the receiving face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: William J. Cottrell, Matthew R. Taylor
  • Patent number: 11440804
    Abstract: A clean and high-purity polycrystalline silicon mass having a small content of chromium, iron, nickel, copper, and cobalt in total, which are heavy metal impurities that reduce the quality of single-crystal silicon, can be obtained from a silicon rod by before crushing a polycrystalline silicon rod, removing at least 70 mm of a polycrystalline silicon portion from the electrode side end of the polycrystalline silicon rod extracted to the outside of a reactor is provided. Thereby, the polycrystalline silicon portion in which the total of the chromium, iron, nickel, copper, and cobalt concentrations in a bulk is not less than 150 ppta can be removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeyoshi Netsu, Junichi Okada, Fumitaka Kume
  • Patent number: 11436767
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes, in an embodiment, receiving first X-ray projections of an examination volume in respect of a first X-ray energy and second X-ray projections in respect of a second X-ray energy, the first and second X-ray energies differing. The method further includes determination of a multienergetic real image data record of the examination volume based upon the first and second X-ray projections; selection of first voxels of the multienergetic real image data record based upon the multienergetic real image data record; selection of second voxels of the multienergetic real image data record based upon the first X-ray projections and the second X-ray projections, the first voxels including the second voxels and the second voxels mapping contrast medium in the examination volume. The method further includes provision of a constraint image data record and/or a difference image data record based upon the second voxels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Kaethner, Markus Kowarschik, Michael Manhart
  • Patent number: 11346962
    Abstract: A radiation detector for detecting radiation and identifying the type thereof includes: a scintillator module formed by stacking a first scintillator emitting light in a first wavelength range by reacting with first radiation and a second scintillator emitting light in a second wavelength range by reacting with second radiation; a first optical filter attached to a region of the scintillator module and transmitting the light in the first wavelength range; a second optical filter attached to another region of the scintillator module and transmitting the light in the second wavelength range; a first photodetector sensing the light in the first wavelength range that has passed through the first optical filter; a second photodetector sensing the light in the second wavelength range that has passed through the second optical filter; and a controller determining radiation on the basis of sensing results by the first photodetector and the second photodetector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Muhammad Nasir Ullah, Chansun Park, Jinho Park, Kisung Lee, Jeng-Yeol Yeom
  • Patent number: 11328898
    Abstract: The present invention provides a digital high-resolution detector for detecting X-ray, UV light or charged particles. In various embodiments, the digital detector comprises an array of CMOS or CCD pixels and a layer of conversion material on top of the array designed for converting incident X-ray, UV light or charged particles into photons for CMOS or CCD sensors to capture. The thin and high-resolution detector of the invention is particularly useful for monitoring and aligning beams in, and optimizing system performance of, an apparatus of charged-particle beam e.g. an electron microscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: BORRIES PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Zhongwei Chen, Xiaoming Chen, Daniel Tang, Liang-Fu Fan
  • Patent number: 11300692
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are variations of megavoltage (MV) detectors that may be used for acquiring high resolution dynamic images and dose measurements in patients. One variation of a MV detector comprises a scintillating optical fiber plate, a photodiode array configured to receive light data from the optical fibers, and readout electronics. In some variations, the scintillating optical fiber plate comprises one or more fibers that are focused to the radiation source. The diameters of the fibers may be smaller than the pixels of the photodiode array. In some variations, the fiber diameter is on the order of about 2 to about 100 times smaller than the width of a photodiode array pixel, e.g., about 20 times smaller. Also disclosed herein are methods of manufacturing a focused scintillating fiber optic plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: RefleXion Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Manat Maolinbay
  • Patent number: 11244434
    Abstract: A multi-aperture imaging device that is, on the one hand, able to provide image information on a scene and, on the other hand, allows obtaining high lateral resolution and/or a wide total field of view, is described. The multi-aperture imaging device is provided with a first plurality of optical channels for projecting overlapping first partial fields of view of a total field of view on first image sensor areas of an image sensor of the multi-aperture imaging device, as well as with a second arrangement of optical channels for projecting at least a part of of the total field of view on a second image sensor area of the image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Inventors: Frank Wippermann, Andreas Brückner, Andreas Bräuer, Alexander Oberdörster
  • Patent number: 11237281
    Abstract: A flat-panel detector includes: a ray-conversion layer configured to convert rays into a light having a first wavelength; and a plurality of imaging units. At least one of the plurality of imaging units includes: a photo sensor configured for receiving the light and converting the light to an electrical signal; and a light guider located a side of the photo sensor adjacent to the ray-conversion layer, the light guider having a light entry surface adjacent to the ray-conversion layer and a light exit surface adjacent to the photo sensor, the light entry surface being configured to receive the light from the ray-conversion layer and having an area greater than an area of the light exit surface, and an orthogonal projection of the light exit surface in a direction perpendicular to the ray-conversion layer at least partially overlapping that of the photo sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiangmi Zhan, Xuecheng Hou, Cheng Li
  • Patent number: 11231507
    Abstract: A screw compressor includes a screw rotor, a casing, and a fluid supply portion to supply fluid in a membrane form into a compression chamber in the casing. The screw rotor has a male and female rotors. A male bore covering the male rotor and a female bore covering the female rotor are formed on the inner surface of the casing. An intersection line, on a higher pressure side, of the male and female bores is defined as a compression cusp. In a bore development view, a trajectory made by the first intersection of an extension line of a female lobe ridge and a male lobe ridge being moved, along with the rotation of the male and female rotors, is defined as a trajectory line. An opening of the fluid supply section to the compression chamber is positioned between the compression cusp and the trajectory line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Hatakeyama, Takahiro Tadokoro, Yuichiro Ueno, Yasushi Nagumo, Katsunori Ueno, Kouichi Okada
  • Patent number: 11226420
    Abstract: A plastic scintillating fiber capable of reducing modal dispersion and improving the accuracy of identifying a position which radiation passes through. A plastic scintillating fiber includes a core and a cladding that covers an outer periphery of the core and has a lower refractive index than the core. The core uniformly contains a radiation-emitting fluorescent agent and has a refractive index distribution where the refractive index of the core is highest at a center of a cross-section and becomes lower in a parabolic manner with distance from the center toward an outer periphery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Shinji, Ryuichi Iwakawa
  • Patent number: 11224389
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to X-ray detectors and more particularly to a system and a method for integrating an anti-scattering grid with scintillators to significantly enhance the performance of flat panel X-ray detector. In particular, the performance of a flat panel X-ray detector may be enhanced by photon counting detector pixels configured underneath the septa of a 2D antiscatter grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
    Inventor: Cem Altunbas
  • Patent number: 11209569
    Abstract: Methods and tools for determining one or more parameters of an earth formation using time-of-flight (TOF) measurements of fast neutrons through the formation are disclosed. The disclosed tools feature a neutron source capable of emitting a population of fast neutrons having a distribution of neutron energies and one or more neutron detectors. The TOF of the fast neutrons travelling from the neutron source to the detector(s) and traversing a portion of the formation is measured and binned as a function of TOF (which is a function of neutron energy). By determining which neutron energies are attenuated by the intervening formation, the composition of the intervening formation is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew McCleskey, Natasa Mekic
  • Patent number: 11204444
    Abstract: A quantum dot (QD) lightning detection and warning (LDW) system and method. This LDW system and method find broader applicability to spark and other transient optical event detection as well. The QDs are operable for receiving ultraviolet (UV), infrared (IR), visible, x-ray, and/or gamma ray radiation emanating from lightning or the like and generating visible radiation that may be detected and utilized to generate topological event information, such that property, human life, and the like may be safeguarded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC
    Inventor: Farhod Bahritdinov
  • Patent number: 11194062
    Abstract: A nuclear detector, comprises a scintillation crystal array including a plurality of scintillation crystal bars of the same size arranged closely and in sequence, a light guide, and a photodetector array including a plurality of photodetectors arranged in sequence. The photodetectors have a cross-sectional area greater than that of the scintillation crystal bars, and the light guide includes a top surface coupled to the scintillation crystal array, an opposed bottom surface coupled to the photodetector array and a side surface. The light guide has a thickness in a range of 0.1 mm to 40 mm. The light guide further includes a slit adjacent to an edge of the light guide, and the slit is configured to extend from the top surface toward the bottom surface of the light guide and the slit has a depth in a range of 0.1 to 0.5 times the thickness of the light guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: RAYCAN Technology Co., Ltd. (Suzhou)
    Inventors: Ming Niu, Tong Liu, Yuexuan Hua, Yicheng Sun, Qingguo Xie
  • Patent number: 11101311
    Abstract: Photodetectors and fabrication methods thereof and imaging sensors are provided. An exemplary photodetector includes a first substrate formed with pixel circuits and common electrode connection members and first wiring boards electrically connected to the corresponding pixel circuits; and a second substrate formed with pixel units and isolation wall members isolating pixel units. Each isolation wall member includes a conductive member and a sidewall; second wiring boards are formed on a front surface of the second substrate; the second wiring boards are electrically connected to first terminals of the pixel units; a transparent electrode layer is formed on a back surface of the second substrate; and a second terminal of each pixel unit is electrically connected to the transparent electrode layer. The second wiring boards are bonded and electrically connected to the first wiring boards and the transparent electrode layer is electrically connected to the common electrode connection members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Ningbo Semiconductor International Corporation
    Inventor: Hailong Luo
  • Patent number: 11086029
    Abstract: Embodiments provide image capturing apparatuses having a screen, a plurality of mirrors and a plurality of cameras. The plurality of mirrors and the plurality of cameras is arranged such that the plurality of cameras capture a portion of the screen via a respective one of the plurality of mirrors, wherein the plurality of cameras is arranged obliquely with respect to the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Rolf Behrendt, Wolfgang Groeger, Peter Schmitt, Andreas Jobst, Guenther Kostka
  • Patent number: 11067709
    Abstract: A radiation position detection method includes: a first step of calculating a first centroid position in an incident direction regarding positions where scintillation light is detected, on the basis of electrical signals; and a second step of specifying, on the basis of a first table showing first identification regions for identifying the plurality of segments, and the first centroid position, the segment that initially generates the scintillation light. The first identification region includes a first region, a second region, and a third region. In the second step, in a case where the first centroid position is located in the first region or the third region, the first segment is specified as the segment that initially generates the scintillation light, and in a case where the first centroid position is located in the second region, the second segment is specified as the segment that initially generates the scintillation light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Uchida
  • Patent number: 11041966
    Abstract: A scintillator layer (206) includes a plurality of scintillator pixels (337), walls of non-scintillation material (336) surrounding each of the plurality of scintillator pixels, and at least one electrically conductive interconnect (224) for a pixel, wherein the at least one electrically conductive interconnect extends within a wall of the pixel along an entire depth of the wall. A multi-energy detector array (114) includes a detector tile (116) with an upper scintillator layer (202), an upper photosensor (204) optically coupled to the upper scintillator layer, a lower scintillator layer (206) electrically coupled to the upper photosensor, and a lower photodetector (208) optically and electrically coupled to the lower scintillator layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Marc Anthony Chappo
  • Patent number: 11027152
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed generally to an ionizing-radiation beam monitoring system that includes an enclosure structure with at least one ultra-thin window to an incident ionizing-radiation beam. Embodiments further include at least one scintillator within the enclosure structure that is substantially directly in an incident ionizing-radiation beam path and at least one ultraviolet illumination source within the enclosure structure and facing the scintillator. At least one pixelated imaging system within the enclosure structure is located out of an incident ionizing-radiation beam path and includes at least one pixelated photosensor device optically coupled to an imaging lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Integrated Sensors, LLC
    Inventor: Peter S. Friedman
  • Patent number: 11029202
    Abstract: In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, an ultraviolet radiation (UV) sensor includes a UV sensitive material and a first electrode and a second electrode connected in series through the UV sensitive material such that UV radiation can reach the UV sensitive material. The UV sensitive material can include at least one of zinc tin oxide, magnesium oxide, magnesium zinc oxide, or zinc oxide. The electrodes can be interdigitated comb electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Sameh Dardona, Marcin Piech, Wayde R. Schmidt, Antonio M. Vincitore, Joseph V. Mantese, Rhonda R. Willigan, Peter R. Harris, Jose L. Santana
  • Patent number: 11016042
    Abstract: Systems and methods for non-destructive testing by computed tomography are provided. The system can include a stationary radiation source, a stage, and a plurality of stationary radiation detectors. The source can be configured to emit, from a focal point, a beam of penetrating radiation having a three-dimensional geometry and to direct the beam in a path incident upon a target. The stationary radiation source can be positioned with respect to the plurality of stationary radiation detectors and the stage such that, a first plurality of beam segment paths is defined between the focal point and respective sensing faces of the plurality of radiation detectors and at least one second beam segment path is defined between the focal point and a predetermined gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: GE SENSING & INSPECTION TECHNOLOGIES, GMBH
    Inventors: Eberhard Neuser, Alex Sawatzky, Nils Rothe, Alexander Suppes
  • Patent number: 10962658
    Abstract: A portable survey meter for measuring radiation, the portable survey meter comprising: a radiation detector configured to perform measurements of radiation; a range sensor configured to measure range data of distances from the portable survey meter to real world structures in at least two dimensions; and a processing unit configured to align the measured range data with reference range data so as to determine an instantaneous position of the portable survey meter in at least two dimensions relative to the real world structures as a fixed frame of reference, whereby each measurement is performed at a known position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Create Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Matthew Paul Mellor, Ashley Napier
  • Patent number: 10935479
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the average radius of gyration (rg) of particles with a size of ?1 ?m in a suspension, and to a device for carrying out the method according to the invention. The method is based on the scattering of linearly polarised electromagnetic radiation on nanoparticles, which, suspended in a solution, are moved through a through-flow cell. The irradiation is carried out perpendicular to the movement direction, wherein the scattering intensity is measured via at least four detectors that are arranged in a defined plane at defined angles. Alternatively, at least one mirror can be used in the position of at least one of the detectors, which deflects the radiation to at least one detector. Based on the scattering intensities, both the average radius of gyration (rg) of the particles as well as the concentration thereof in the suspension can be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventor: Ines Frese
  • Patent number: 10921467
    Abstract: A detector array is provided for detecting radiation photons. The detector array includes a phosphor screen that converts radiation photons into light energy. The detector array includes a photodiode array having a plurality of photodiodes that convert the light energy into electrical charge. A first photodiode of the plurality of photodiodes is spaced apart from a second photodiode of the plurality of photodiodes to define a non-detection region. The phosphor screen overlies the first photodiode, the second photodiode, and the non-detection region between the first photodiode and the second photodiode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Analogic Corporation
    Inventors: Ruvin Deych, Vladan Ristanovic, David Schafer
  • Patent number: 10884144
    Abstract: A large-area directional radiation detection system may include a large number of slab-shaped detectors stacked side-by-side comprising alternate long and short detectors, where the long detectors are longitudinally longer than the short detectors. The long detectors may collimate or restrict the lateral field of view of the short detectors, so that a particular short detector that is aligned with the source has an unobstructed view of the source. By comparing detection distributions in the long and short detectors, a processor can determine the angular position and distance of a source. The high detection efficiency and large solid angle of the detector array may enable rapid detection of even well-shielded threat sources at substantial distances, while simultaneously determining the positions of any sources detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Inventor: David Edward Newman
  • Patent number: 10799197
    Abstract: An X-ray detector assembly (DA), comprising an X-ray sensitive flat panel (FD) module having a first shape. An X-ray shield (S) is superimposed on said panel, said shield having a hole i) of a fixed second shape different from said first shape or ii) of a fixed size different from a size of the first shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Johannes Josephus Wilhelmus Maria Rosink
  • Patent number: 10775518
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a lattice-shaped laminated scintillator panel capable of enlarging the area and increasing the thickness with a means completely different from a conventional technique using a silicon wafer. A method of manufacturing a laminated scintillator panel having a structure in which a scintillator layer and a non-scintillator layer are repeatedly laminated in a direction substantially parallel to the direction of radiation incidence, the method including: a step of forming a laminate by repeatedly laminating the scintillator layer and the non-scintillator layer; and a joining step of pressurizing the laminate to join the scintillator layer and the non-scintillator layer integrally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Tadashi Arimoto, Kei Isoda
  • Patent number: 10775517
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are variations of megavoltage (MV) detectors that may be used for acquiring high resolution dynamic images and dose measurements in patients. One variation of a MV detector comprises a scintillating optical fiber plate, a photodiode array configured to receive light data from the optical fibers, and readout electronics. In some variations, the scintillating optical fiber plate comprises one or more fibers that are focused to the radiation source. The diameters of the fibers may be smaller than the pixels of the photodiode array. In some variations, the fiber diameter is on the order of about 2 to about 100 times smaller than the width of a photodiode array pixel, e.g., about 20 times smaller. Also disclosed herein are methods of manufacturing a focused scintillating fiber optic plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: RefleXion Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Manat Maolinbay
  • Patent number: 10732131
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to the fabrication and use of a curved X-ray detector panel, suitable for use in imaging pipes or other curved objects to which the curved detector may be fitted. In certain embodiments, the curved detector panel is fabricated using a thin, flexible substrate that is unbreakable or resistant to breaking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Andrea Marie Schmitz, Aaron Judy Couture, Douglas Albagli, Shana Marie Telesz, Fulton Jose Lopez
  • Patent number: 10712454
    Abstract: An X-ray detector assembly includes a polymeric substrate having a lower surface and an upper surface, and an X-ray detector disposed on the upper surface of the polymeric substrate. The X-ray detector includes a thin-film-transistor array disposed on the substrate, an organic photodiode disposed on the thin-film-transistor array, and a scintillator disposed on the organic photodiode. A metal barrier extends substantially over the lower surface of the polymeric substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Jie Jerry Liu
  • Patent number: 10701340
    Abstract: A 3D multi-aperture imaging device that is, on the one hand, able to provide 3D information on a scene and, on the other hand, allows obtaining high lateral resolution and/or a wide total field of view, is described. The 3 D multi-aperture imaging device is provided with a first plurality of optical channels for projecting overlapping first partial fields of view of a total field of view on first image sensor areas of an image sensor of the 3D multi-aperture imaging device, as well as with a second plurality of optical channels for projecting overlapping second partial fields of view of the total field of view on second image sensor areas of the image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Frank Wippermann, Andreas Brückner, Andreas Bräuer, Alexander Oberdörster
  • Patent number: 10670527
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus comprising: a probe carrier comprising: a substrate comprising with holes through a thickness of the substrate and a transparent window across an opening of each of the holes, wherein the transparent window closes the opening, wherein one or more locations on the transparent window are configured to have probes attached thereto, wherein interaction between the probes and an analyte generates a signal; an optical system comprising a plurality of collimators; a sensor configured to detect the signal; wherein the collimators can essentially prevent light from passing if a deviation of a propagation direction of the light from an optical axis of the collimators is greater than a threshold. Because the probe carrier is separate and independent from the microarray, the probe carrier may be assembled with a pre-existing microarray prior to its use, and be detached from the microarray and disposed after its use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Shenzhen Genorivision Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Peiyan Cao, Yurun Liu
  • Patent number: 10646176
    Abstract: A radiation detector having an energy-integrating detection layer and at least one direct-conversion detection layer is described. In certain embodiments, the direct-conversion layer is impacted first by an incident X-ray beam, such that X-ray photons stopped at the direct-conversion layer are generally lower in energy than those which reach the energy-integrating detection layer. The data acquired using the direct-conversion layers and energy-integrating layers may be combined to provide additional spectral discrimination, such as in material decomposition or contrast-enhancement applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventor: David Michael Hoffman
  • Patent number: 10641912
    Abstract: A 4H X-ray camera includes a high speed, high atomic number (Z), high spatial resolution sensor for sensing X-rays having energy over 30 keV and high speed readout electronics, and the high speed, high atomic number (Z), high spatial resolution sensor is coupled to the high speed readout electronics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
    Inventor: Zhehui Wang
  • Patent number: 10605928
    Abstract: The dose measurement device includes: a radiation sensor constituted by a light emitting portion that is made of a polycrystalline scintillator and emits light of intensity dependent on an amount of incident radiation and a cover covering the light emitting portion; an optical fiber that is connected to the radiation sensor and transmits the photons emitted by the polycrystalline scintillator; a photoelectric converter for converting the photons transmitted by the optical fiber into electrical signals; a calculation device for measuring each of the electrical signals through the conversion by the photoelectric converter of each photon, calculating a count rate, and specifying a dose rate; and a display device for displaying measurement results calculated by the calculation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Ueno, Takahiro Tadokoro, Yasushi Nagumo, Shuichi Hatakeyama, Kouichi Okada
  • Patent number: 10605930
    Abstract: An analyzer device can receives a pulse from a photosensor, obtain an initial calculated area under a curve representing the pulse, and obtain a recalculated area under the curve representing the pulse. In an embodiment, the initial calculated area and the recalculated area can base obtained via initial and subsequent integrations, respectively. The initial and subsequent integrations can be performed for different integration time periods. The subsequent integration may allow for the pulse height resolution to be determined more accurately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventor: Michael T. McLaughlin, II
  • Patent number: 10591614
    Abstract: A large-area directional radiation detection system useful in detecting shielded radiological weapons may include a large number of prism-shaped detectors stacked in a two-dimensional array of particle detectors in which alternate detectors are displaced frontward and rearward in, for example, a checkerboard-type arrangement of detectors. If a source of radiation is in front of the array, the frontward detectors act as collimators for the rearward detectors, thereby producing a narrow detection peak among the rearward detectors. The lateral position of the detection peak indicates the lateral position of the source, and the width of the detection peak indicates the distance of the source from the detector array, thereby providing a three-dimensional determination of the source location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventor: David Edward Newman
  • Patent number: 10591837
    Abstract: Described herein is a security LEP ink composition comprising an absorber, a resin; and a carrier liquid for printing a security image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: HP Indigo B.V.
    Inventors: Haim Cohen, Yaron Grinwald, Gideon Amir, Reut Avigdor, Julia Kornilov
  • Patent number: 10586624
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an imaging assembly and a method of controlling the imaging assembly. The assembly includes a housing having a sensor configured to detect radiation impinging on the sensor from a plurality of directions. The assembly may employ one or more shields, including a first internal shield having a first annular body between a first inner surface and a first outer surface. The first internal shield is configured to be placed in the housing such that the first inner surface at least partially surrounds the sensor. When the first internal shield is placed in the housing, the sensor is configured to receive a first central zone radiation through a first field of view, and a first peripheral zone radiation through a first peripheral view. The assembly is configured to provide at least one of a controllable field of view and reduced background contamination in an image domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: H3D, Inc.
    Inventors: David Price Tefft, William Robert Kaye, Weiyi Wang, Yvan Anders Boucher, Jason Michael Jaworski, Christopher Glenn Wahl
  • Patent number: 10571581
    Abstract: A radiation detector has a photoelectric conversion element array having a light receiving unit and a plurality of bonding pads; a scintillator layer stacked on the photoelectric conversion element array; a resin frame formed on the photoelectric conversion element array so as to pass between the scintillator layer and the bonding pads away from the scintillator layer and the bonding pads and so as to surround the scintillator layer; and a protection film covering the scintillator layer and having an outer edge located on the resin frame; a first distance between an inner edge of the resin frame and an outer edge of the scintillator layer is shorter than a second distance between an outer edge of the resin frame and an outer edge of the photoelectric conversion element array; the outer edge and a groove are processed with a laser beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: HAMAMASTSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventor: Syouji Kurebayashi
  • Patent number: 10562785
    Abstract: A fluorescent material has a composition represented by (Gd1??????R?Ce?Tb?)3+a(Al1?u?vGauScv)5?bO12, wherein: R is at least one of Y and Lu; a, b, ?, ?, ?, u and v satisfy ranges below: 0?a ?0.1, 0?b?0.1, 0???0.8, 0.0003???0.005, 0.02???0.2, 0.27?u?0.75, and 0?v?0.02; a relative density is 99% or more; and an effective atomic number is 35 or more and 60 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hideo Nitta
  • Patent number: 10565734
    Abstract: An image capture system includes a plurality of image sensors arranged in a pattern such that gaps exist between adjacent image sensors of the plurality of image sensors. Each of the image sensors may be configured to capture sensor image data. The image capture system may also have a main lens configured to direct incoming light along an optical path, a microlens array positioned within the optical path, and a plurality of tapered fiber optic bundles. Each tapered fiber optic bundle may have a leading end positioned within the optical path, and a trailing end positioned proximate one of the image sensors. The leading end may have a larger cross-sectional area than the trailing end. Sensor data from the image sensors may be combined to generate a single light-field image that is substantially unaffected by the gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Brendan Bevensee, Tingfang Du, Jon Karafin, Joel Merritt, Duane Petrovich, Gareth Spor