Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Masato Inoue

Shinichi Takeda

Satoru Sawada

Takamasa Ishii

Satoshi Okada

Taiki Takei

Kazumi Nagano

Yoshihiro Ogawa

Kota Nishibe

Keiichi Nomura

Masayoshi Akiyama

Tomoyuki Tamura

Shoshiro Saruta

Yoshito Sasaki

Katsuro Takenaka

Masato Ofuji

Yohei Ishida

Tomoaki Ichimura

Moritoshi Miyamoto

Noriaki Oguri

Tomohiro Hoshina

Kengo Emoto

Shinji Ono

A radiation detector manufacturing method is provided. The method includes: preparing a structure including a support base, a flexible base member arranged on the support base and having a principal surface including a pixel region in which a plurality of pixels are arranged, a scintillator arranged so as to cover the pixel region, and a protective layer arranged so as to cover the scintillator; and removing the support base from the flexible base member. The principal surface includes a peripheral region not covered with the protective layer. The method further includes, before the removing, arranging a reinforcing member in contact with the peripheral region, in a position overlapping the peripheral region and not overlapping the scintillator, in orthogonal projection to the principal surface.

Radiation detector manufacturing method, radiation detector, radiation imaging apparatus, and radiation imaging system

A method of manufacturing a radiation imaging apparatus includes electrically connecting a first surface of a flexible insulating layer to a conductive portion of a circuit substrate, covering an exposed portion of the conductive portion with a protection layer, and separating the flexible insulating layer from a substrate in contact with a second surface of the flexible insulating layer. The circuit substrate includes an integrated circuit mounted on the circuit substrate. The flexible insulating layer includes, on the first surface, a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix to convert radiation into an electrical signal. The second surface of the flexible insulating layer is opposite to the first surface of the flexible insulating layer. The flexible insulating layer is separated from the substrate by irradiating the second surface with light transmitting through the substrate.

Radiation imaging apparatus and manufacturing method of same

A radiological imaging apparatus includes a first panel where a plurality of radiation detecting elements are arrayed on a first substrate, a second panel where a plurality of radiation detecting elements are arrayed on a second substrate, and a sheet-shaped adhesion part configured to adhere a second-panel side face of the first panel and a first-panel side face of the second panel to each other, so that the first panel and the second panel are overlaid on each other in planar view as to an upper face of the first substrate. The adhesion part is configured to maintain adhesion of the first panel and the second panel, while tolerating change in relative positions thereof in a planar direction parallel to the upper face of the first substrate.

Radiological imaging apparatus, manufacturing method of the same, and imaging system

A radiation detector (), which is configured to suitably separate information of a low energy component and information of a high energy component of radiation, includes: a sensor panel (), which includes a plurality of first photoelectric conversion element portions () and second photoelectric conversion element portions (), which are arranged two-dimensionally; a first scintillator () arranged to overlap one surface of the sensor panel (); a second scintillator () arranged to overlap a surface on a side opposite to the one surface of the sensor panel (); and a light shielding portion () arranged outside an effective pixel region (), in which the plurality of the plurality of first photoelectric conversion element portions () and second photoelectric conversion element portions () are arranged, and between the first scintillator () and the second scintillator ().

Radiation detector and radiation detecting system

A radiation imaging apparatus for sensing a radiation image, includes a radiation imaging panel including a plurality of imaging substrates and a scintillator having a first face and a second face which oppose each other, a housing configured to house the radiation imaging panel and including a first plate-shaped portion and a second plate-shaped portion, a first support member located between the first face of the scintillator and the first plate-shaped portion of the housing so as to support the scintillator via the plurality of imaging substrates, and a second support member located between the second face of the scintillator and the second plate-shaped portion of the housing so as to support the scintillator.

Radiation imaging apparatus and radiation imaging system

A radiation image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup panel in which a plurality of image pickup substrates including photoelectric-conversion elements is fixed onto a base, a scintillator portion including a scintillator layer of alkali halide-based columnar crystal and overlaid on the image pickup panel, and a moisture-proof layer provided between the base and the scintillator layer, at least between the plurality of image pickup substrates. The water vapor permeability of the moisture-proof layer is 10 g/m/day or less.

Radiation image pickup apparatus, and radiation image pickup system

A radiation detecting apparatus includes a scintillator and a photoelectric conversion panel. The photoelectric conversion panel includes a frame member disposed on an outer side of a photoelectric conversion section along at least a portion of one side of the photoelectric conversion panel. The frame member includes an inclined surface having a downward slope toward the photoelectric conversion section. The scintillator includes a first scintillator formed continuously on the inclined surface of the frame member and a surface of the photoelectric conversion section, and a second scintillator formed on the first scintillator. The first scintillator has a non-columnar crystal structure, and the second scintillator has a columnar crystal structure.

Radiation detecting apparatus and radiation detecting system

A radiation detection apparatus, comprising a housing including a first plate portion and a second plate portion arranged to face each other, a scintillator configured to convert radiation into light, supported by a supporting portion arranged in a side of the second plate portion in the housing, a sensor panel including a sensor array in which a plurality of sensors for detecting light are arrayed, interposed between the scintillator and the first plate portion in the housing, and a member interposed between the first plate portion and the sensor panel in the housing, wherein the sensor panel is arranged to position an outer edge of the sensor panel outside an outer edge of the scintillator, and the member is arranged to position an outer edge of the member inside the outer edge of the scintillator.

Radiation detection apparatus and imaging system

A radiation imaging apparatus comprising a plurality of sensor units each including a plurality of photoelectric converters, a substrate configured to support the plurality of sensor units, and a scintillator, wherein the scintillator comprises scintillator grains configured to convert radiation into light and a binder configured to make the scintillator grains adhere to each other, and the scintillator includes first portions provided between the plurality of sensor units and a second portion provided on the plurality of sensor units and the substrate.

An electric device, comprising a conductive guard ring formed on a substrate along an outer periphery of the substrate, an electrode formed inside the guard ring on the substrate, and a connecting portion formed above the electrode, for connecting an external apparatus and the electrode, wherein the connecting portion includes a conductive member for electrically connecting the external apparatus and the electrode, and an insulating member formed on a lower surface of the conductive member, and the insulating member exposes a portion of the conductive member, which is positioned immediately above the electrode, and an end of the insulating member is positioned inside the guard ring in planar view such that the conductive member and the guard ring do not contact each other.

Electric device, method for manufacturing the same, and radiation inspection apparatus

A radiation detection apparatus includes a sensor panel which includes a photoelectric conversion unit, a scintillator layer disposed above the photoelectric conversion unit and configured to convert radiation into light, a reflection layer disposed above the scintillator layer and configured to reflect part of light generated by the scintillator layer toward the sensor panel; and a protective layer which covers the scintillator layer from above the reflection layer. The scintillator layer is fixed on the sensor panel. The reflection layer is fixed on the protective layer. Part of the protective layer is bonded to the sensor panel with an adhesive material so as to seal the scintillator layer and the reflection layer with the protective layer and the sensor panel. An upper surface of the scintillator layer includes a portion which is not fixed to the reflection layer.

Radiation detection apparatus and radiation detection system

A radiation image pickup apparatus includes a base, at least one image pickup element, a scintillator, a first heat peelable adhesive layer which is arranged between the base and the image pickup element and which fixes the base and the image pickup element, and a second heat peelable adhesive layer which is arranged between the image pickup element and the scintillator and which fixes the image pickup element and the scintillator, and in the radiation image pickup element described above, the first heat peelable adhesive layer contains first heat-expandable microspheres, the second heat peelable adhesive layer contains second heat-expandable microspheres, and the first heat-expandable microspheres have a different expansion starting temperature from that of the second heat-expandable microspheres.

Radiation image pickup apparatus, radiation image pickup system, and method for manufacturing radiation image pickup apparatus

The present invention provides a radiation detection apparatus including a first substrate member, a second substrate member, and a sealing portion configured to bond an edge portion of the first substrate member to an edge portion of the substrate member, one of the first substrate member and the second substrate member being a sensor panel including photoelectric conversion elements and the other being a scintillator panel including a scintillator layer, and the sealing portion including a first sealing resin having a first elastic modulus, a second sealing resin having a second elastic modulus lower than the first elastic modulus, a stress reduction portion configured to reduce a stress that acts on the first sealing resin and the second sealing resin and having a third elastic modulus lower than the second elastic modulus.

A radiation imaging apparatus, comprising a sensor panel including a sensor array on which a plurality of sensors arranged in an array form and a scintillator layer provided on the sensor array, and a unit configured to perform signal processing based on a signal from the sensor array, wherein the sensor array includes a peripheral region and a central region located inside the peripheral region, the scintillator layer is disposed over the peripheral region and the central region so as to have uniform luminance efficiency with respect to the sensor array, and the unit performs the signal processing by using only signals from sensors disposed in the central region, of signals from the plurality of sensors, output from the sensor panel.

Radiation imaging apparatus, method for manufacturing the same, and radiation imaging system

A radiation imaging apparatus includes a substrate, at least one imaging element, a scintillator, a first heat peelable adhesive member which fixes the substrate to the imaging element, and a second heat peelable adhesive member which fixes the imaging element to the scintillator. An adhesive strength of the first heat peelable member is decreased by heat. A temperature of the first heat peelable adhesive member at which the adhesive strength is decreased is substantially equal to a temperature at which second heat peelable adhesive member fixes the imaging element to the scintillator. A heat transfer quantity per unit time of the substrate is different from that of the scintillator.

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Kumagaya, Japan

Masato Inoue