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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2016
Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Koichi Tanabe, Kyoto, JP;
Shingo Furui, Kyoto, JP;
Toshinori Yoshimuta, Kyoto, JP;
Kenji Kimura, Kyoto, JP;
Akihiro Nishimura, Kyoto, JP;
Taro Shirai, Kyoto, JP;
Takahiro Doki, Kyoto, JP;
Satoshi Sano, Kyoto, JP;
Akira Horiba, Kyoto, JP;
Toshiyuki Sato, Kyoto, JP;
Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A X-ray detector having enhanced X-ray sensitivity, which enables dual energy imaging having high diagnostic performance. This X-ray detector includes: scintillator elements which are partitioned by light blocking walls and which convert low-energy X-rays to light; and scintillator elements which are partitioned by light blocking walls and which convert high-energy X-rays to light. When seen from the direction of incidence of the X-rays, the positional pattern of the light blocking walls and that of the light blocking walls are configured so as not to be in alignment with each other. Accordingly, the X-rays incident on the X-ray detector are converted to light by at least either one of the scintillator elements and are finally outputted as X-ray detection signals.