Abstract:
A radiation detector includes: a radiation detecting module including a photoconductive layer containing at least one heavy metal; a voltage controller configured to detect current flowing through the photoconductive layer and control application of a voltage to the photoconductive layer based on the detected current; and a sealing part configured to seal the photoconductive layer and surround a portion of the radiation detecting module.
Abstract:
Provided are methods of detecting X-rays, a photographing methods using the X-ray detecting method and/or an X-ray detector using the methods. For example, one method of detecting X-rays includes radiating a first X-ray, removing, by a first X-ray detection unit, a first electric charge generated by the radiated first X-ray, and outputting, by a second X-ray detection unit adjacent to the first X-ray detection unit, a voltage corresponding to the first X-ray.
Abstract:
A silicon photomultiplier detector cell may include a photodiode region and a readout circuit region formed on a same substrate. The photodiode region may include a first semiconductor layer exposed on a surface of the silicon photomultiplier detector cell and doped with first type impurities; a second semiconductor layer doped with second type impurities; and/or a first epitaxial layer between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. The first epitaxial layer may contact the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. The first epitaxial layer may be doped with the first type impurities at a concentration lower than a concentration of the first type impurities of the first semiconductor layer.
Abstract:
A method of calibrating a first threshold voltage that is a reference of X-ray detection for each unit cell of a plurality of unit cells of an X-ray detector may comprise detecting an X-ray by using a plurality of second threshold voltages for each of a plurality of X-rays having spectra at different energy levels; determining a correspondence relationship between energies having a maximum intensity in the spectra of X-rays and third threshold voltages at which a maximum number of photons having a same energy intensity are detected; and/or calibrating the first threshold voltage based on the determined correspondence relationship.
Abstract:
An X-ray detector may include a silicon substrate including a first area and a second area; a plurality of pixels in the first area configured to detect X-rays; a control pad in the second area configured to supply a common control signal to the plurality of pixels; and/or a power supply pad in the first area configured to supply a power supply voltage to groups of pixels grouped from among the plurality of pixels.
Abstract:
A beam deflector includes a first electrode layer including a plurality of line electrodes extending in a first direction and arranged parallel to each other in a second direction crossing the first direction; a second electrode layer separated from the first electrode layer by a predetermined distance to face the first electrode layer; and a deflection layer between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer and having a plurality of optically anisotropic molecules controlled by an electric field formed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. Each of the optically anisotropic molecules has an ellipse shape having a major axis and a minor axis, wherein the major axis is arranged to head for the first direction.
Abstract:
A beam deflector includes a first electrode layer including a plurality of line electrodes extending in a first direction and arranged parallel to each other in a second direction crossing the first direction; a second electrode layer separated from the first electrode layer by a predetermined distance to face the first electrode layer; and a deflection layer between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer and having a plurality of optically anisotropic molecules controlled by an electric field formed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. Each of the optically anisotropic molecules has an ellipse shape having a major axis and a minor axis, wherein the major axis is arranged to head for the first direction.
Abstract:
A light deflector includes a first light deflecting member disposed on a transparent substrate and has a refractive index that varies depending on a magnitude of an electric field applied thereto. The light deflector may adjust the refractive index by applying electric fields differently according to regions of the first light deflecting member or time divisions. The light deflector may have a smaller size than a light deflector including an optical device, and may easily adjust the refractive index.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for detecting an X-ray, the apparatus includes a detector which comprises a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels for detecting an X-ray transmitted by a body to be examined are arranged in a matrix form, a read-out unit which reads out electrical signals corresponding to the detected X-ray from the pixel array, and a reset controller which controls the pixel array to be reset after the X ray is detected, by performing switching so that the plurality of pixels of the pixel array are commonly connected to the reset power source.