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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2015
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Go Kawata, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideyuki Funaki, Tokyo, JP;
Honam Kwon, Kawasaki, JP;
Risako Ueno, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Minato-ku, JP;
Abstract
A radiation detection apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a scintillator; a photon detection device array including a plurality of cells each being a photon detection device with an avalanche photodiode configured to detect visible radiation photons emitted from the scintillator and a resistor disposed along a part of a periphery of an active region of the avalanche photodiode; and a reflector configured to reflect a visible radiation photon and disposed in a region that does not include the active regions and the resistors of the cells, on a face including the active regions.