A direct conversion x-ray detection apparatus having a planar x-ray detection layer having a detection layer upper surface and a detection layer lower surface, the planar x-ray detection layer including a lead halide perovskite material; a top electrode layer above the detection layer upper surface; a bottom electrode layer below the detection layer lower surface and in conductive communication with the top electrode layer through the x-ray detection layer to apply a bias voltage across the x-ray detection layer; and a blocking layer between the x-ray detection layer and the top electrode layer to inhibit a dark current, the blocking layer including a polymer selected from the group comprising polyacrylates, polyimides, polyamides, polysulfones, polystyrenes, and polycarbonates.

A multi-layer X-ray detector comprises a first X-ray converter, a first sensor, a second X-ray converter, a second sensor, and an internal anti-scatter device. The first sensor is located at a first sensor layer and is configured to detect radiation emitted from the first X-ray converter. The second sensor is located at a second sensor layer and is configured to detect radiation emitted from the second X-ray converter. The first X-ray converter and the first sensor form a first detector pair, and the second X-ray converter and the second sensor form a second detector pair. The internal anti-scatter device comprises a plurality of X-ray absorbing septa walls and is located between the first detector pair and the second detector pair. No structure of the internal anti-scatter device is located within either layer of the first detector pair, and no structure of the anti-scatter device is located within either layer of the second detector pair. The plurality of septa walls comprises a plurality of first septa walls substantially parallel to each other, and wherein a spacing between the first septa walls in a first direction is equal to an integer multiple n of detector pixel pitch of the first sensor and/or of the second sensor in the first direction, wherein n = 2, 3, 4, ... N.

A current introduction terminal includes a board made of resin. The board has a first face and a second face opposite each other. The board hermetically separates environments of different air pressures from each other. A plurality of through via holes corresponding both to a plurality of metal terminals of a first surface-mount connector to be mounted on the first face and to a plurality of metal terminals of a second surface-mount connector to be mounted on the second face are formed to penetrate between the first and second faces, and then hole parts of the through via holes are filled with resin.

A radiation detecting device includes a radiation detector and a supporter. The radiation detector includes a substrate that has flexibility and a semiconductor element formed on an imaging surface of the substrate. The supporter is formed of foam and supports the radiation detector.

An apparatus for detecting a locating medium in tissue includes a probe, and a console. The probe includes a handle and a detector disposed on a distal end of the probe. The console is in communication and includes a display. The display has a first graphical representation and a second graphical representation. The first graphical representation is configured to depict a count real-time count based on a signal from the detector. The second graphical representation is configured to depict a target count.

Provided is a method for manufacturing a housing of a radiation detection cassette that can appropriately form a recess without a housing material depositing on an end mill or the like, in a case where a recess is formed by working the housing material formed of an alloy containing Mg and Li. A method for manufacturing a housing of a radiation detection cassette that houses a radiation detector in the housing includes preparing a housing material that is formed of an alloy containing Mg and Li and contains 0.1 mass % or more of Li, forming a recess using a working method other than cutting work on a surface of the housing material, and performing cutting work on the formed recess to shape the recess.

An X-ray detector includes a direct-converting converter element, an evaluation unit, and an intermediate layer arranged flat between the direct-converting converter element and the evaluation unit. In an embodiment, the intermediate layer is non-transparent for visible, infrared, or ultraviolet light.

In an example, a wireless gamma and or hard X-ray radiation detector includes a bulk semiconductor crystal, electrical contacts, a bias circuit, and a terahertz (THz) electromagnetic (EM) wave receiver. The bulk semiconductor crystal and includes indium antimonide (InSb), cadmium telluride (CdTe), or cadmium zinc telluride (CdZnTe). The electrical contacts are coupled to two facets of the bulk semiconductor crystal. The bias circuit is electrically coupled to the bulk semiconductor crystal through the electrical contacts. The THz EM wave receiver is positioned to detect THz radiation emitted by the bulk semiconductor crystal.

A method is provided including, acquiring detection events with a radiation detector including a semiconductor plate and configured to produce electrical signals in response to absorption of ionizing radiation in the semiconductor plate, wherein electrons and holes are generated responsive to absorption of the ionizing radiation. The semiconductor plate includes a first surface opposed to a second surface, with sidewalls interposed between the first surface and the second surface. A cathode electrode is disposed on the first surface and pixelated anode electrodes are disposed on the second surface. The method also includes optically coupling infrared (IR) radiation into a first portion of at least one of the sidewalls of the semiconductor plate of the radiation detector, and not coupling IR radiation into a second portion of the at least one of the sidewalk.

A radiation imaging apparatus, comprising a sensor array and a controller, wherein the controller shifts to a non-capturing mode upon receiving an instruction representing a suspension of radiographic imaging, and shifts to a capturing mode upon receiving an instruction representing a start of radiographic imaging, and the controller performs, in the capturing mode, one of movie capturing and continuous capturing in which an operation of driving the sensor array in response to one radiation irradiation for the sensor array and acquiring image data of one frame from the sensor array is repetitively executed, and, in the non-capturing mode, drives the sensor array to suppress lowering of a temperature of the sensor array in the non-capturing mode from the temperature of the sensor array in the capturing mode.