摘要:
A high resolution radiation sensitive imager includes a radiation sensitive photoconductive target (26) for forming an image in response to incident radiation, a light sensitive cathode (40) arranged in spaced apart relationship with the target, and an addressable light source (24) coupled to the photocathode for causing the photocathode to emit electrons at localized sites for reading an image on the target.
摘要:
L'invention concerne un tube intensificateur d'image radiologique à sortie vidéo. Le tube comporte, dans une même enveloppe à vide, une section image et une section d'analyse ayant une face commune occupée par le cible 16. Dans la section image est formée, dans la cible, une image électrique correspondant à l'image en rayons X incidente; cette image est lue dans la section d'analyse par un pinceau d'électrons balayant la cible point par point. Cette cible a, dans les tubes de l'invention, une structure permettant de limiter le gain photons X - signal vidéo et de la régler entre deux valeurs prédéterminées; elle comporte, sur sa face qui reçoit les photo-électrons e - ; une couche barrière en métal 1 recouvrant une couche luminescente 2, en contact elle-méme avec une couche semi-transparente 3 recouvrant la cible proprement dite 4. Application, dans une large gamme, de doses indicentes, en fluoroscopie comme en fluorographie.
摘要:
[Problems to be Solved] It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel radiographic image detector which can detect radiation, such as hard X-rays or γ-rays, with high sensitivity and which is excellent in position resolution and count rate characteristic. [Means to Solve the Problems] A radiographic image detector comprises a combination of a scintillator, such as a lanthanum fluoride crystal containing neodymium, for converting incident radiation into ultraviolet rays; and a gas multiplication ultraviolet image detector for converting ultraviolet rays into electrons, amplifying such electrons by use of a gas electron avalanche phenomenon, and detecting the electrons. The radiographic image detector is characterized in that the gas multiplication ultraviolet image detector is basically constituted by a photoelectric conversion substance, such as cesium iodide or cesium telluride, for converting ultraviolet rays into electrons; a gas electron multiplier for amplifying electrons by use of the gas electron avalanche phenomenon; and a pixel electrode having an amplification function and a detection function.
摘要:
An electron tube (10) is mainly composed of a side tube (12), an input plate (14) having a photocathode (18), a stem (16), and a CCD device (20). The inside of the electron tube (10) is in a high vacuum state. The CCD device (20) is secured to the stem (16), with the back (B) of the CCD device (20) opposed to the photocathode (18). In the CCD device (20), on a semiconductor substrate (64) made of a semiconductor of one conductivity type are formed a buried layer (66), a barrier layer (68), an SiO2 layer (70), a storage electrode layer (72), a transfer electrode layer (74), and a barrier electrode layer (76) in respective predetermined positions. On them, a PSG film (78) is formed over the entire surface (A) to palanarize the surface of the CCD device (20). Further, on the film (78), an SiN film (106) mainly made of SiN is formed over the entire surface (A).
摘要:
The invention relates to an electron bombarded image sensor array device comprising a vacuum chamber having a photocathode capable of releasing electrons into said vacuum chamber when exposed to electromagnetic radiation impinging on said photocathode, electric field means for accelerating said released electrons from said photocathode towards an anode spaced apart from said photocathode in a facing relationship to receive an electron image from said photocathode, said anode being constructed as an back thinned image sensor array having electric connecting pads and being mounted to a carrier using mounting means, said carrier having electric connecting pads to feed electric signals from said image sensor array finally outside said vacuum chamber. The invention also relates to an image sensor array to be used in such a device.
摘要:
An intensified solid-state imaging sensor (41) includes a photo cathode (54) for converting light from an image into electrons, an electron multiplying device (53) for receiving electrons from the photo cathode, and a solid-state image sensor (56) including a plurality of pixels for receiving the electrons from the electron multiplying device through a plurality of channels of the electron multiplying device. The solid-state image sensor generates an intensified image signal from the electrons received from the electron multiplying device. The plurality of channels are arranged in a plurality of channel patterns, and the plurality of pixels are arranged in a plurality of pixel patterns. Each of the plurality of channel patterns is mapped to a respective one of the plurality of pixel patterns such that electron signals from each of the plurality of channel patterns is substantially received by the single respective one of the plurality of pixel patterns.
摘要:
An electron tube (10) is mainly composed of a side tube (12), an input plate (14) having a photocathode (18), a stem (16), and a CCD device (20). The inside of the electron tube (10) is in a high vacuum state. The CCD device (20) is secured to the stem (16), with the back (B) of the CCD device (20) opposed to the photocathode (18). In the CCD device (20), on a semiconductor substrate (64) made of a semiconductor of one conductivity type are formed a buried layer (66), a barrier layer (68), an SiO2 layer (70), a storage electrode layer (72), a transfer electrode layer (74), and a barrier electrode layer (76) in respective predetermined positions. On them, a PSG film (78) is formed over the entire surface (A) to palanarize the surface of the CCD device (20). Further, on the film (78), an SiN film (106) mainly made of SiN is formed over the entire surface (A).