Abstract: Fast neutron detectors using nuclear reactions within semiconductor material, glass, or other material. Some versions used doped versions of the materials. Some versions use dopants selected from Ba, As, Br, C, Ce, Cl, Co, Cu, F, Ga, Ge, In, Cd, Te, Al, P, K, La, Mo, Nd, O, Os, Pr, S, Se, Si, Sn, Sr, Ti, Tl, V, Zn, and Zr. Some versions have filters or coatings deposited on windows into the detector. Coatings are selected from titanium oxide, zinc oxide, tin oxide, copper indium gadolinium selenide, cadmium telluride, cadmium tin oxide, perovskite photovoltaic, Si, GaAs, AlP, Ge.

Abstract: A radiography apparatus includes an upright imaging stand that is used for radiography on a subject, a camera as a detection sensor that immediately detects a state of the subject with respect to the upright imaging stand, a tablet terminal, and a reflective member. The tablet terminal displays a notification screen including an image output from the camera. The reflective member reflects the notification screen such that the subject facing the upright imaging stand visually recognizes the image.

Abstract: A motor organ disease prediction device includes at least one processor, in which the processor derives a bone mineral density of a target bone among bones included in a subject including a bone part and a soft part, a muscle mass around the target bone, shape information representing a shape of the target bone, and shape information representing a shape of a bone adjacent to the target bone from a first radiation image and a second radiation image acquired by imaging the subject by radiation having different energy distributions. The processor derives a probability of occurrence of a motor organ disease relating to the target bone from the bone mineral density of the target bone, the muscle mass around the target bone, the shape information of the target bone, and the shape information of the bone adjacent to the target bone.

Abstract: A medical image apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a main body that is travelable, a column vertically coupled to the main body, a straight arm moving unit sliding in a longitudinal direction of the column, a straight arm coupled to the straight arm moving unit and rotating with respect to the column, and a source arm located on a side of the straight arm, perpendicular to the straight arm, and including a source driving rail through which a source assembly slides, wherein the straight arm is coupled to a moving unit rotating shaft formed on the straight arm moving unit, and is rotatable with respect to the column about the moving unit rotating shaft, and the source arm is fixed to the side of the straight arm.

Abstract: A tomosynthesis machine allows for faster image acquisition and improved signal-to-noise by acquiring a projection attenuation data and using machine learning to identify a subset of the projection attenuation data for the production of thinner slices and/or higher resolution slices using machine learning.

Abstract: A device for use with a four-dimensional radiological imaging modality includes: a base structure and a table slidably mounted with respect to one another. The base structure is at one end provided with a platform at an angle relative to the table, and a counteracting structure is arranged to apply to the table a load exerting force in a direction towards the one end provided with the platform from the opposite end of the base structure or vice versa.

Abstract: An object is to provide intensity information and energy information while reducing processing load and power consumption. In a radiation detector, a radiation detection element, in which a plurality of pixels each configured to generate an electric charge corresponding to energy of X-rays penetrating a subject is two-dimensionally arranged, and a plurality of read circuits each configured to output an intensity signal of transmitted X-rays based on the electric charge generated by each of the plurality of pixels are stacked with each other, and some read circuits thinned out from a plurality of read circuits each generate a spectral signal related to a spectrum of a transmitted X-ray based on the electric charge and output the spectral signal.

Abstract: A scintillating material, preparation method and use thereof are provided. The chemical formula of the scintillating material is C42H42X2MnO2P2, wherein X is selected from a group consisting of Cl and Br. The scintillating material has excellent X-ray scintillation performance and sensitive X-ray detection capability, and the detection limit of the scintillating material is far lower than the conventional medical diagnosis dose criterion of 5.50 ?Gyair/s. Compared with existing commercial scintillating materials, the scintillating material of the present application has remarkable superiority in performance, overcomes the defects of heavy metal pollution, high energy consumption and the like caused in the synthesis process of the scintillating material, and has important commercial application value in the field of green synthesis of high-performance scintillating materials.

Abstract: A device for capturing an image of an object of medical interest in remitted or reflected illumination light and for capturing an image of the object in fluorescent light generated by Cy5.5 and/or SGM-101 and for capturing an image in fluorescent light generated OTL38 and/or indocyanine green (ICG). The device includes an image sensor for detecting blue, green and red light, another image sensor for detecting fluorescent light of Cy5.5 and/or SGM-101 and OTL38 and/or ICG, a beam splitter guiding light having a wavelength smaller than a predetermined cutoff wavelength to the first sensor and guiding light having a wavelength greater than the predetermined cutoff wavelength to the second sensor, and filters upstream of the second sensor for partially, substantially or completely suppressing light having a wavelength exciting Cy5.5 and/or SGM-101 and for partially, substantially or completely suppressing light having a wavelength suitable for exciting fluorescence of OTL38 and/or ICG.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a THz measuring device for measuring a measuring object and a THz measuring method for measuring a measuring object.

Abstract: There is provided a radiation detection apparatus capable of effectively discriminating between noise and X-ray signal. The radiation detection apparatus includes a detector for detecting radiation and producing a detector output signal, a first differential filter having a time constant and operative to differentiate and convert the detector output signal into a first pulsed signal, a second differential filter having a time constant greater than that of the first differential filter and operative to differentiate and convert the detector output signal into a second pulsed signal, and a noise detection section for detecting noise based on the difference in timing between peaks of the first and second pulsed signals.

Abstract: A lens for terahertz radiation, which can be used in an antenna arrangement, comprises a cylindrical lens body made of silicon having a planar front surface and a planar back surface. The lens body has a front body region which forms a silicon metamaterial with a relative permittivity that decreases in a lateral direction with increasing radial distance from a cylinder axis. A back body region is immediately adjacent to the front body region and extends to the back surface. It consists of bulk silicon having a laterally constant relative permittivity. The front body region comprises holes that are distributed on the front surface in rings that are concentric with respect to the cylinder axis. The holes extend from the front surface to respective hole bottoms at an equal bottom level in a depth direction. The hole bottoms interface with the back body region.

Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light source that emits a primary light having a light energy density exceeding 0.5W/mm2, and a first phosphor that absorbs the primary light to convert the primary light into a first wavelength-converted light having a wavelength longer than that of the primary light. The first phosphor includes a compound serving as a host, the compound being a simple oxide including one kind of metal element or a composite oxide including a plurality of different kinds of the simple oxide as an end member. When an energy conversion value at a peak wavelength of the primary light is E1 electron volts and an energy conversion value at a fluorescence peak wavelength of the first wavelength-converted light is E2 electron volts, a bandgap energy of a crystal of the simple oxide is larger than a sum of the E1 electron volts and the E2 electron volts.

Abstract: A lung phantom unit for radiotherapy according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may arrange, at a location not affected by a magnetic field, a phantom driving cylinder and a driving device which may move a lung mimic and a tumor mimic in a lung simulation block. The lung phantom unit may be used for general purpose even as a phantom for MRI-based and CT image-based radiotherapy. Since lung and tumor motions are implemented by air injection, it may be possible to precisely measure the motion and volume change of a lung according to subtle changes in air pressure so that customized radiotherapy suitable for a patient having various breathing patterns is possible.

Abstract: A guide apparatus for a line guide device comprising at least one such device, wherein the line guide device has a free internal cross-section for receiving at least one line and a plurality of successively arranged portions which are spatially deflectable relative to each other and it can be disposed in an arrangement comprising a lower run, an upper run and a deflection region connecting same and having a deflection axis, wherein the guide apparatus is formed at least with a longitudinal portion thereof or over the entire length thereof, with which it guides the line guide device in the longitudinal direction thereof, with a C-shaped guide region having a curvature axis of the C-arc and having a concave arc inner curvature and a convex arc outer curvature.

Abstract: The invention relates to a detector of charged particles made of silicon carbide and capable of performing dosimetric measurements in the field of quality controls of the beam lines at proton-therapy centres. With such detector it is further possible to perform measurements on beams of high- intensity charged particles produced by laser-matter interaction.

Abstract: A subsurface continuous radioisotope environmental monitor that provides a continuous monitoring of the possible presence of radioactive species in subsurface groundwater. The detector and all supporting system elements are specifically constructed and equipped to be permanently mounted in a well or borehole to continuously detect and record radiation decay of radioactive species that are borne by subsurface water flow to that sampling area. The system operates by placing a detection element in a housing such that subsurface water that reaches the bore or well can flow in contact with the detection element. The system can employ several detection modes and materials. The detector includes SiPMs operating in a coincidence spectroscopy configuration to significantly reduce spurious signals due to thermal noise as well as increasing the total amount of signals collected.

Abstract: An X-ray source (100) for generating X-ray radiation of first and second energy spectra is proposed, wherein the X-ray intensity imbalance between the first and second energy spectra is reduced as compared to conventional X-ray sources. The reduction of the X-ray intensity imbalance is achieved by configuring a smaller electron impact angle (141) onto the anode (102) when the higher tube voltage is applied as compared to when the lower tube voltage is applied.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for detecting incoming radiation having a plurality of differing properties including at least one of differing types, differing energies or differing incoming directions. The method involves using a scintillator structure formed from first and second dissimilar scintillator materials, where the first and second dissimilar scintillator materials emit first and second different colors of light in response to the incoming radiation. A first light detector is used for detecting light having the first color, and a second light detector is used for detecting light having the second color. A first output signal is generated in response to the detection of light having the first color, and a second output signal is generated in response to detecting light having the second color. The first and second output signals are then analyzed to determine at least one property of the incoming radiation.

Abstract: A method for calibrating at least one mass spectrometry device having a first defined hardware configuration comprises at least one manufacturer-site pre-calibration step establishing at least one reference calibration function fp for a generic type of mass spectrometry devices having a second defined hardware configuration, wherein the second defined hardware configuration is equivalent to the first defined hardware configuration, wherein the reference calibration function fp describes a relationship of at least one concentration c of at least one analyte in at least one calibrator sample, wherein the reference calibration function fp is a parametrized function fp(concentration), with p=(p1,p2, . . . pn) being a set of parameters of the reference calibration function and n being a positive integer; determining calibration values {circumflex over (p)}=({circumflex over (p)}1,{circumflex over (p)}2, . . .