A radiation imaging apparatus includes a pixel configured to generate a charge based on radiation, a readout circuit that reads out the charge from the pixel, a drive unit that drives the readout circuit, and an image processing unit that reads out the charge from the readout circuit and generates an image, and performs first control to supply power to the drive unit and the image processing unit and second control to supply power to the drive unit and not to the image processing unit.

A radiation detector includes an intermediate layer, which is arranged between a detection layer with a number of detection elements and a number of readout units. In an example embodiment of this arrangement, the intermediate layer has a plurality of electrically-conductive connections between the detection elements and the readout units. An example embodiment further specifies a medical imaging system, as well as a method of using the heating apparatus.

A combined thermal neutron detector and gamma-ray spectrometer system, including: a detection medium including a lithium chalcopyrite crystal operable for detecting thermal neutrons in a semiconductor mode and gamma-rays in a scintillator mode; and a photodetector coupled to the detection medium also operable for detecting the gamma rays. Optionally, the detection medium includes a .sup.6LiInSe.sub.2 crystal. Optionally, the detection medium comprises a compound formed by the process of: melting a Group III element; adding a Group I element to the melted Group III element at a rate that allows the Group I and Group III elements to react thereby providing a single phase I-III compound; and adding a Group VI element to the single phase I-III compound and heating; wherein the Group I element includes lithium.

A coincidence technique-based X-ray detection device and composition analysis method are provided, wherein the X-ray detection device includes: a sample holding device; an excitation unit for outputting X-rays with continuously adjustable energy; detectors comprising two SiC semiconductor detectors and two SiPIN semiconductor detectors; a signal processing unit for performing amplification, analog-to-digital conversion and classification on the detected signals to obtain energy information; a data processing device connected to the signal processing unit and used for analysis and calculation according to the energy information and determining element type and content of the sample to be tested, wherein the data processing device comprises a processor and a memory, the processor is used for executing following program modules stored in the memory: a storage module, a baseline recovery module, a calibration curve construction module, an extraction module, an effective energy information determination module, and a peak comparison module.