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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2017
National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Chiba-shi, Chiba, JP;
Eiji Yoshida, Chiba, JP;
Taiga Yamaya, Chiba, JP;
Abstract
A layered three-dimensional radiation position detector includes two-dimensional scintillator arrays that are pixelated by optically discontinuous surfaces and stacked on a light receiving surface of a light receiving element, responses of scintillator elements detecting radiations being made identifiable on the light receiving surface to obtain a three-dimensional radiation detection position. A scintillator array lying on a radiation incident surface side has a pixel pitch smaller than that of a scintillator array lying on a light receiving element side so that the scintillator array on the radiation incident surface side has increased resolution. A layered three-dimensional radiation position detector achieving both low cost and high resolution can thus be provided.