US Patent Issued to CANON on March 31 for "Radiation detection apparatus, sensor module, and CT apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,879, issued on March 31, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Radiation detection apparatus, sensor module, and CT apparatus" was invented by Daiki Nakagawa (Kanagawa, Japan), Yoshito Sasaki (Tokyo), Tamaki Kobayashi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Masato Ofuji (Gunma, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiation detection apparatus includes a first sensor panel that generates a signal in accordance with incident radiation, a second sensor panel that generates a signal in accordance with incident radiation, and an adhesive member that couples together the first sensor panel and the second sensor panel. When a stimulation is applied to the...