GB2016205A

GB2016205A – X-ray sensitive image intensifier tubes
– Google Patents

GB2016205A – X-ray sensitive image intensifier tubes
– Google Patents
X-ray sensitive image intensifier tubes

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Publication number
GB2016205A

GB2016205A
GB7908431A
GB7908431A
GB2016205A
GB 2016205 A
GB2016205 A
GB 2016205A
GB 7908431 A
GB7908431 A
GB 7908431A
GB 7908431 A
GB7908431 A
GB 7908431A
GB 2016205 A
GB2016205 A
GB 2016205A
Authority
GB
United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
image intensifier
ray sensitive
sensitive image
intensifier tubes
tubes
Prior art date
1978-03-10
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)

Granted

Application number
GB7908431A
Other versions

GB2016205B
(en

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Diagnostic Information Inc

Diagnostic Information

Original Assignee
Diagnostic Information Inc
Diagnostic Information
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
1978-03-10
Filing date
1979-03-09
Publication date
1979-09-19

1979-03-09
Application filed by Diagnostic Information Inc, Diagnostic Information
filed
Critical
Diagnostic Information Inc

1979-09-19
Publication of GB2016205A
publication
Critical
patent/GB2016205A/en

1982-12-22
Application granted
granted
Critical

1982-12-22
Publication of GB2016205B
publication
Critical
patent/GB2016205B/en

Status
Expired
legal-status
Critical
Current

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Classifications

G—PHYSICS

G01—MEASURING; TESTING

G01T—MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION

G01T1/00—Measuring X-radiation, gamma radiation, corpuscular radiation, or cosmic radiation

G01T1/16—Measuring radiation intensity

G01T1/161—Applications in the field of nuclear medicine, e.g. in vivo counting

G01T1/164—Scintigraphy

G01T1/1641—Static instruments for imaging the distribution of radioactivity in one or two dimensions using one or several scintillating elements; Radio-isotope cameras

G01T1/1642—Static instruments for imaging the distribution of radioactivity in one or two dimensions using one or several scintillating elements; Radio-isotope cameras using a scintillation crystal and position sensing photodetector arrays, e.g. ANGER cameras

G—PHYSICS

G01—MEASURING; TESTING

G01T—MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION

G01T1/00—Measuring X-radiation, gamma radiation, corpuscular radiation, or cosmic radiation

G01T1/16—Measuring radiation intensity

G01T1/161—Applications in the field of nuclear medicine, e.g. in vivo counting

G01T1/164—Scintigraphy

G01T1/1641—Static instruments for imaging the distribution of radioactivity in one or two dimensions using one or several scintillating elements; Radio-isotope cameras

G01T1/1645—Static instruments for imaging the distribution of radioactivity in one or two dimensions using one or several scintillating elements; Radio-isotope cameras using electron optical imaging means, e.g. image intensifier tubes, coordinate photomultiplier tubes, image converter

H—ELECTRICITY

H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS

H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS

H01J29/00—Details of cathode-ray tubes or of electron-beam tubes of the types covered by group H01J31/00

H01J29/02—Electrodes; Screens; Mounting, supporting, spacing or insulating thereof

H01J29/10—Screens on or from which an image or pattern is formed, picked up, converted or stored

H01J29/36—Photoelectric screens; Charge-storage screens

H01J29/38—Photoelectric screens; Charge-storage screens not using charge storage, e.g. photo-emissive screen, extended cathode

H01J29/385—Photocathodes comprising a layer which modified the wave length of impinging radiation

H—ELECTRICITY

H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS

H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS

H01J29/00—Details of cathode-ray tubes or of electron-beam tubes of the types covered by group H01J31/00

H01J29/92—Means forming part of the tube for the purpose of providing electrical connection to it

H—ELECTRICITY

H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS

H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS

H01J31/00—Cathode ray tubes; Electron beam tubes

H01J31/08—Cathode ray tubes; Electron beam tubes having a screen on or from which an image or pattern is formed, picked up, converted, or stored

H01J31/50—Image-conversion or image-amplification tubes, i.e. having optical, X-ray, or analogous input, and optical output

H01J31/505—Image-conversion or image-amplification tubes, i.e. having optical, X-ray, or analogous input, and optical output flat tubes, e.g. proximity focusing tubes

A—HUMAN NECESSITIES

A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE

A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION

A61B6/00—Apparatus for radiation diagnosis, e.g. combined with radiation therapy equipment

A61B6/42—Apparatus for radiation diagnosis, e.g. combined with radiation therapy equipment with arrangements for detecting radiation specially adapted for radiation diagnosis

A61B6/4208—Apparatus for radiation diagnosis, e.g. combined with radiation therapy equipment with arrangements for detecting radiation specially adapted for radiation diagnosis characterised by using a particular type of detector

A61B6/4258—Apparatus for radiation diagnosis, e.g. combined with radiation therapy equipment with arrangements for detecting radiation specially adapted for radiation diagnosis characterised by using a particular type of detector for detecting non x-ray radiation, e.g. gamma radiation

GB7908431A
1978-03-10
1979-03-09
X-ray sensitive image intensifier tubes

Expired

GB2016205B
(en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number
Priority Date
Filing Date
Title

US05/885,169

US4221967A
(en)

1978-03-10
1978-03-10
Gamma ray camera

Publications (2)

Publication Number
Publication Date

GB2016205A
true

GB2016205A
(en)

1979-09-19

GB2016205B

GB2016205B
(en)

1982-12-22

Family
ID=25386309
Family Applications (2)

Application Number
Title
Priority Date
Filing Date

GB7908431A
Expired

GB2016205B
(en)

1978-03-10
1979-03-09
X-ray sensitive image intensifier tubes

GB7908432A
Expired

GB2016206B
(en)

1978-03-10
1979-03-09
Gamma ray camera

Family Applications After (1)

Application Number
Title
Priority Date
Filing Date

GB7908432A
Expired

GB2016206B
(en)

1978-03-10
1979-03-09
Gamma ray camera

Country Status (7)

Country
Link

US
(1)

US4221967A
(en)

JP
(2)

JPS54127275A
(en)

CA
(1)

CA1119316A
(en)

DE
(2)

DE2909066A1
(en)

FR
(2)

FR2419522A1
(en)

GB
(2)

GB2016205B
(en)

NL
(1)

NL7901908A
(en)

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1980-02-06
1981-08-13
Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München

MULTI-STAGE VACUUM X-RAY IMAGE AMPLIFIER

FR2481466A1
(en)

*

1980-04-29
1981-10-30
Labo Electronique Physique

SCINTILLATION CAMERA WITH LOCATOR HAVING A SCINTILLATION INTENSIFIER

US4454422A
(en)

*

1982-01-27
1984-06-12
Siemens Gammasonics, Inc.
Radiation detector assembly for generating a two-dimensional image

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(en)

*

1982-03-22
1985-06-11
Siemens Gammasonics, Inc.
Radiation detecting apparatus with reduced magnetic field sensitivity

GB2208256B
(en)

*

1983-04-15
1989-07-26
Philips Electronic Associated
Infra-red radiation imaging devices and systems

US4550251A
(en)

*

1983-07-08
1985-10-29
Varian Associates, Inc.
Image intensifier tube with increased contrast ratio

GB8701648D0
(en)

*

1987-01-26
1987-03-04
Pillay M
Filter for gamma-ray camera

JPH0219259A
(en)

*

1988-07-05
1990-01-23
Yamarura Glass Co Ltd
Synthetic resin cover

US5229613A
(en)

*

1991-09-06
1993-07-20
Horiba Instruments, Incorporated
Extended lifetime scintillation camera plate assembly

FR2700889B1
(en)

1993-01-22
1995-02-24
Thomson Tubes Electroniques

Image converter tube, and method for suppressing stray light in this tube.

JPH0998970A
(en)

*

1995-10-06
1997-04-15
Canon Inc
X-ray photographing equipment

EP1085556A4
(en)

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1998-06-01
2007-05-02
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Photomultiplier and radiation sensor

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(en)

*

2000-12-01
2003-12-30
Neomed Technologies, Inc.
Cardiovascular imaging and functional analysis system

WO2003081280A2
(en)

*

2002-02-01
2003-10-02
Board Of Regents, The University Of Texas System
A production method for making position-sensitive radiation detector arrays

WO2009059131A1
(en)

2007-11-01
2009-05-07
Rapiscan Security Products, Inc.
Multiple screen detection systems

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(en)

*

2009-12-15
2011-06-22
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Imaging device for low-luminance using silicon photomultiplier devices

US9291723B2
(en)

*

2013-06-27
2016-03-22
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, Llc
Instrument for assaying radiation

US10866329B2
(en)

*

2016-06-29
2020-12-15
Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc.
System and method to unpile overlapping pulses

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(en)

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2018-04-17
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Dynamic control of event dumping

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Device for increasing the light output of fluorescent hundred x-ray screens

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(en)

*

1950-05-19
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System of intensification of x-ray images

US3011057A
(en)

*

1958-01-02
1961-11-28
Hal O Anger
Radiation image device

GB1120393A
(en)

*

1965-05-06
1968-07-17
Cole E K Ltd
Improvements in or relating to radiation detectors

US3558893A
(en)

*

1967-01-30
1971-01-26
Picker Corp
X- and gamma-ray sensitive image intensification tube

US3531651A
(en)

*

1967-12-21
1970-09-29
Varian Associates
Gamma-ray camera employing an electro-optic bypass for energy selection

US3683180A
(en)

*

1969-06-16
1972-08-08
Picker Corp
Scintillation camera with removable subassembly

US3683185A
(en)

*

1969-08-08
1972-08-08
Nuclear Chicago Corp
Radiation imaging apparatus

US3719823A
(en)

*

1969-08-20
1973-03-06
E Sheldon
Radio-isotope cameras using vacuum tubes with fiberoptic endwalls and luminiscent means of fiberoptic construction

BE759730R
(en)

*

1969-12-03
1971-05-17
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INDICATOR OR DETECTOR DEVICE FOR NUCLEAR RADIATION, SUCH AS RAYS

BE786084A
(en)

*

1971-07-10
1973-01-10
Philips Nv

LUMINESCENT SCREEN WITH MOSAIC STRUCTURE

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(en)

*

1971-10-13
1973-04-19
Siemens Ag

RADIATION WINDOW

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(en)

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1971-12-03
1973-07-31
E Sheldon
System for x-ray image intensification

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(en)

*

1972-05-04
1974-08-13
Raytheon Co
High intensity radiation imaging system

US3838273A
(en)

*

1972-05-30
1974-09-24
Gen Electric
X-ray image intensifier input

US3911278A
(en)

*

1972-07-05
1975-10-07
Ohio Nuclear
Radiation sensing device

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(en)

*

1973-11-15
1975-06-17
Gen Electric
Fast response time image tube camera

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(en)

*

1974-02-14
1976-11-02
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Optical imaging system utilizing a light valve array and a coupled photoemissive target

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(en)

*

1975-12-31
1978-04-28
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NEW PULSE VISUALIZATION CHAIN USING PHOTON AND ELECTRON CONVERSIONS

FR2352346A1
(en)

*

1976-05-18
1977-12-16
Thomson Csf

NEW SCINTIGRAPHY SHOOTING SET

DE2750132A1
(en)

*

1976-11-12
1978-05-18
Diagnostic Inform

X-RAY SENSITIVE IMAGE AMPLIFIER TUBE AND RADIOGRAPHIC CAMERA EQUIPPED WITH IT

JPS5372673A
(en)

*

1976-12-10
1978-06-28
Aloka Co Ltd
Radiation distribution detector using afterglow scintillator

US4104516A
(en)

*

1977-01-28
1978-08-01
Diagnostic Information Inc.
Direct view, panel type x-ray image intensifier tube

1978

1978-03-10
US
US05/885,169
patent/US4221967A/en
not_active
Expired – Lifetime

1979

1979-03-08
DE
DE2909066A
patent/DE2909066A1/en
active
Granted

1979-03-08
DE
DE19792909143
patent/DE2909143A1/en
not_active
Ceased

1979-03-09
CA
CA000323047A
patent/CA1119316A/en
not_active
Expired

1979-03-09
JP
JP2817779A
patent/JPS54127275A/en
active
Granted

1979-03-09
NL
NL7901908A
patent/NL7901908A/en
not_active
Application Discontinuation

1979-03-09
FR
FR7906128A
patent/FR2419522A1/en
active
Granted

1979-03-09
JP
JP2817679A
patent/JPS54126582A/en
active
Pending

1979-03-09
GB
GB7908431A
patent/GB2016205B/en
not_active
Expired

1979-03-09
GB
GB7908432A
patent/GB2016206B/en
not_active
Expired

1979-03-09
FR
FR7906129A
patent/FR2419583A1/en
active
Granted

Also Published As

Publication number
Publication date

FR2419583A1
(en)

1979-10-05

GB2016206B
(en)

1982-10-06

FR2419522A1
(en)

1979-10-05

US4221967A
(en)

1980-09-09

FR2419522B1
(en)

1984-08-24

GB2016205B
(en)

1982-12-22

JPS6340351B2
(en)

1988-08-10

NL7901908A
(en)

1979-09-12

DE2909066C2
(en)

1988-01-07

FR2419583B1
(en)

1984-02-24

DE2909143A1
(en)

1979-09-13

JPS54126582A
(en)

1979-10-01

GB2016206A
(en)

1979-09-19

JPS54127275A
(en)

1979-10-03

CA1119316A
(en)

1982-03-02

DE2909066A1
(en)

1979-09-20

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Legal Events

Date
Code
Title
Description

1985-10-30
732
Registration of transactions, instruments or events in the register (sect. 32/1977)

1991-11-06
PCNP
Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

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