Scintillator materials, as well as related systems, and methods of detection using the same, are described herein. The scintillator material composition may comprise a Tl-based scintillator material. For example, the composition may comprise a thallium-based halide. Such materials have been shown to have particularly attractive scintillation properties and may be used in a variety of applications for detection radiation.

The present disclosure provides an X-ray detecting device, and a manufacturing method of an X-ray detecting panel. The present disclosure also provides an X-ray detecting panel including a main bias voltage signal line and a photodiode. A cathode of the photodiode is electrically connected to the main bias voltage signal line. The X-ray detecting panel further includes at least one auxiliary bias voltage signal line electrically connected to the main bias voltage signal line.

Provided is a radiation image detector, including: a substrate; an optical image detector located on the substrate; and a radiation conversion layer located above the optical image detector to convert radiation into visible light. The optical image detector includes a photosensitive pixel array formed by a plurality of photosensitive pixels arranged periodically; each photosensitive pixel includes a photoelectric conversion layer which is capable of converting the visible light into electric charges. The photoelectric conversion layer includes an active region and an inactive region. The active region occupies less than 70% of the area of the photoelectric conversion layer. Each photosensitive pixel further includes a light-guide layer located between the radiation conversion layer and the photoelectric conversion layer and configured to guide the visible light to the active region.

A method and apparatuses for a radiation detector apparatus, comprising a scintillator array comprising a plurality of scintillator crystals. The plurality of scintillator crystals includes a first scintillator crystal and a second scintillator crystal adjacent to the first scintillator crystal within the scintillator array. A photosensor array comprising a plurality of photosensors including a first photosensor configured to detect photons from the first scintillator crystal. A first separator positioned between the first scintillator crystal and the second scintillator crystal. First separator optically separates the first scintillator crystal and the second scintillator crystal such that the first photosensor detects photons from the first scintillator crystal and not from the second scintillator crystal.

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.

A scintillator structure includes a plurality of cells and a reflector covering the plurality of cells. Here, each of the plurality of cells includes a resin and a phosphor, and the phosphor contains gadolinium oxysulfide. A breaking strength of an interface between each of the plurality of cells and the reflector is 900 gf or more.

A radiation detector includes a photoelectric conversion element array, a scintillator layer converting radiation into light, a resin frame formed on the photoelectric conversion element array, and a protective film covering the scintillator layer. The resin frame has a groove continuous with an outer edge of the protective film. The groove includes a pre-irradiation portion formed by performing scanning along the resin frame while increasing the energy of a laser beam, a main irradiation portion formed by performing scanning along the resin frame while maintaining the energy of the laser beam, and a post-irradiation portion formed by performing scanning along the resin frame while decreasing the energy of the laser beam.

Some embodiments include an x-ray detector, comprising: a housing including a front plate; a substrate including a plurality of sensors configured to generate a two-dimensional image; and an x-ray conversion material; wherein the substrate and the x-ray conversion material are disposed within the housing and on the front plate.

A radiation detector includes a support table, a sensor panel, a fixing member, and a contact member. An attachment surface having an arc surface shape is formed in the support table. The sensor panel has an imaging region in which a plurality of pixels detecting radiation are two-dimensionally arranged. A first surface of the sensor panel is attached to the attachment surface following the arc surface shape. The fixing member partially fixes the first surface to the attachment surface. The contact member comes into contact with a second surface of the sensor panel which is opposite to the first surface to suppress the lifting of the sensor panel from the support table.

The present specification provides a detector for an X-ray imaging system. The detector includes at least one high resolution layer having high resolution wavelength-shifting optical fibers, each fiber occupying a distinct region of the detector, at least one low resolution layer with low resolution regions, and a single segmented multi-channel photo-multiplier tube for coupling signals obtained from the high resolution fibers and the low resolution regions.