US Patent Issued to JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY on July 28 for "Radiation detection device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,440, issued on July 28, was assigned to JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (Naka-gun, Japan) and TOHOKU UNIVERSITY (Sendai, Japan).

"Radiation detection device" was invented by Yoshiharu Kitayama (Naka-gun, Japan), Keitaro Hitomi (Sendai, Japan) and Mitsuhiro Nogami (Sendai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiation detection device is provided that is wide in visual field, wide in application range of radiation energy, and which is smaller and lighter in weight as compared to other devices. The device includes a detecting element group has a plurality of detecting elements that detect radiation are three-dimensionally arranged. The d...