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公开(公告)号:WO1984004821A1
公开(公告)日:1984-12-06
申请号:PCT/US1984000734
申请日:1984-05-11
Applicant: INCOM, INC.
Inventor: INCOM, INC. , JESKEY, Richard, V.
IPC: G02B05/00
CPC classification number: C03B37/01214 , C03B23/207 , C03B2203/22 , C03B2203/40 , G02B5/00 , G02B5/005 , G02B6/0001 , G02B6/06 , Y10S359/90
Abstract: A radiation conducting conduit functions as an off-axis filter and contrast enhancer for an imaging device. A core of transparent glass has an axis aligned with the line of sight of the device. Cladding is provided which has the same index of refraction and co-efficient of thermal expansion as the core glass, except that a small percentage of the cladding glass is made of thin fibers or leaves of absorbing glass aligned substantially radially to the axis of the conduit and distributed randomly in the volume of the cladding. The interface between the core glass and the cladding glass of the same composition does not involve reflection or refraction, and non-axial light passes through the interface and is trapped among the absorbing black fibers. There, it is reflected and diminuated until it is totally absorbed. The conduit may be formed by the steps of: forming a flat sheet of glass containing random parallel fibers or leaves of absorbing glass, cutting the sheet into beveled strips, assembling the strips into a cylindrical configuration with the absorbing elements extending radially of the axis, inserting a core of transparent glass, and fusing the assembly and core together.
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公开(公告)号:US20250044504A1
公开(公告)日:2025-02-06
申请号:US18585968
申请日:2024-02-23
Applicant: Incom, Inc.
Inventor: Evan Franklin DeBlander , Neil Alexander McIntyre , David James Welker , Melissa My Quyen Huynh , Eric Robert Davidson , Michael A. Detarando
Abstract: A filament for use as a feedstock in three-dimensional printing of an optical device has a strand-like structure for continuous feeding into a printing nozzle of a three-dimensional printer. The strand-like structure includes one or more of elongated side-by-side core/cladding sections each having an optically transmissive inner core surrounded by a lower-index optically transmissive outer cladding for corresponding light guiding in the optical device. In embodiments, the core may be a solid material or an air core, and in the case of solid material may include scintillation material or other enhancements. Other variations and specifics are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US11901169B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-13
申请号:US17671135
申请日:2022-02-14
Applicant: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC , INCOM, INC.
Inventor: Jeffrey W. Elam , Anil U. Mane , Mark Popecki , Michael Minot
CPC classification number: H01J9/125 , C23C16/403 , C23C16/45527 , C23C16/45553 , H01J9/42 , H01J40/04 , H01J40/16 , H01J43/246
Abstract: A secondary electron emissive layer resistant to infiltration and fouling. A barrier layer is formed by atomic layer deposition. The barrier layer may be an emissive layer and/or an interlayer. The barrier layer may form an interlayer that is a part of an electron amplifier positioned between an emissive layer and a resistive layer. The barrier layer is resistive to fluorine migration from either the emissive layer or the resistive layer.
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公开(公告)号:US10052831B2
公开(公告)日:2018-08-21
申请号:US15213022
申请日:2016-07-18
Applicant: Incom, Inc.
Inventor: David James Welker , Eric Robert Davidson , Kristopher Alan Baur , Stephan Patrick Nelsen , Evan Franklin DeBlander , Zachary David Welker
CPC classification number: B29D11/00682 , B29K2025/04 , B29K2033/12 , G01T1/201 , G02B6/0003 , G02B6/0006 , G02B6/0008 , G02B6/0011 , G02B6/02 , G02B6/10
Abstract: A wave guide face plate for transmitting an image formed in a scintillating material included as part of a transmitting medium is disclosed. The transmitting medium includes a random distribution of different refractive index regions in two orthogonal dimensions, and an essentially consistent refractive index in a third orthogonal dimension. The third orthogonal direction is aligned with a transmission axis of the wave transmitter extending from an input location to a wave detector location. The transmission efficiency of the wave guide faceplate is improved in situations where the entry angle of the input radiation is different from the axis of the wave transmitter as compared to conventional faceplates.
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公开(公告)号:US20150124929A1
公开(公告)日:2015-05-07
申请号:US14071236
申请日:2013-11-04
Applicant: Incom, Inc.
Inventor: Michael J. Minot , Joseph M. Renaud , Daniel C. Bennis , Michael A. Detarando
Abstract: An X-ray anti-scatter grid having thinner X-ray opaque layers, smaller X-ray opaque diameters, greater aspect ratio, lower weight and improved image resolution is disclosed. A method of forming the X-ray anti-scatter grid is disclosed that includes a set of hollow X-ray transparent glass capillary tubes that are fused together, with an X-ray opaque layer thick enough to block X-rays at a specified energy inside the capillary tubes. The capillary tubes provide the high aspect ratio and light weight, while the X-ray opaque layer is provided by a deposition process that has features similar to atomic layer deposition (ALD). The high aspect ratio and thin layers improves resolution and decreases image artifacts, and large area X-ray anti-scatter grids are provided by aligning the axis of the an X-ray opaque layers to the X-ray source.
Abstract translation: 公开了具有较薄的X射线不透明层,较小的X射线不透明直径,更大的纵横比,更低的重量和更好的图像分辨率的X射线防散射网格。 公开了一种形成X射线防散射栅格的方法,其包括一组融合在一起的中空X射线透明玻璃毛细管,其X射线不透明层足够厚以在特定能量下阻挡X射线 在毛细管内。 毛细管提供高纵横比和轻重量,而X射线不透明层由具有类似于原子层沉积(ALD)特征的沉积工艺提供。 高纵横比和薄层提高分辨率并减少图像伪像,并且通过将X射线不透明层的轴与X射线源对准来提供大面积X射线防散射网格。
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公开(公告)号:US11279105B2
公开(公告)日:2022-03-22
申请号:US16446803
申请日:2019-06-20
Applicant: Incom, Inc.
Inventor: David James Welker , Kenneth Christopher Nardone , Evan Franklin DeBlander , Eric Robert Davidson
Abstract: A method of making a waveguiding optical component includes processing a polymer optical material to form a billet having an axis of light transmission and having residual stress maintaining a transverse extent of the billet; placing the billet into a mold, the mold being configured to constrain transverse expansion of the billet according to a desired shape of the waveguiding optical component; and heating the billet in the mold to induce relaxation of the residual stress and corresponding transverse expansion of the billet, thereby forming the billet into the waveguiding optical component with the desired shape. An alternative method begins with a collection of individual canes or fiber segments which are fused during the heating process, bypassing a separate process of forming a billet.
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公开(公告)号:US20190389162A1
公开(公告)日:2019-12-26
申请号:US16446803
申请日:2019-06-20
Applicant: Incom, Inc.
Inventor: David James Welker , Kenneth Christopher Nardone , Evan Franklin DeBlander , Eric Robert Davidson
Abstract: A method of making a waveguiding optical component includes processing a polymer optical material to form a billet having an axis of light transmission and having residual stress maintaining a transverse extent of the billet; placing the billet into a mold, the mold being configured to constrain transverse expansion of the billet according to a desired shape of the waveguiding optical component; and heating the billet in the mold to induce relaxation of the residual stress and corresponding transverse expansion of the billet, thereby forming the billet into the waveguiding optical component with the desired shape. An alternative method begins with a collection of individual canes or fiber segments which are fused during the heating process, bypassing a separate process of forming a billet.
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公开(公告)号:US10231679B2
公开(公告)日:2019-03-19
申请号:US15456795
申请日:2017-03-13
Applicant: Incom, Inc.
Inventor: William Alan Worstell
Abstract: A proton radiography system includes a source of a proton beam at nonrelativistic energy, directed on a beam path to an object to be imaged; one or more time-of-flight (TOF) detectors arranged on the beam path to detect incidence of beam protons and generate output signals indicative thereof with a time resolution substantially less than a time of flight of the protons; and a data acquisition and analysis subsystem coupled to the TOF detectors to receive the respective output signals and (1) calculate TOF values for respective bunches of one or more protons, (2) convert the TOF values to proton velocity values and proton energy values, and (3) use the proton energy values to calculate a corresponding value for a physical property of the object along the beam path, and incorporate the value into elements of a radiographic image of the object stored or displayed in the system.
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公开(公告)号:US20170016996A1
公开(公告)日:2017-01-19
申请号:US15213022
申请日:2016-07-18
Applicant: Incom, Inc.
Inventor: David James Welker , Eric Robert Davidson , Kristopher Alan Baur , Stephan Patrick Nelsen , Evan Franklin DeBlander , Zachary David Welker
CPC classification number: B29D11/00682 , B29K2025/04 , B29K2033/12 , G01T1/201 , G02B6/00 , G02B6/02
Abstract: A wave guide face plate for transmitting an image formed in a scintillating material included as part of a transmitting medium is disclosed. The transmitting medium includes a random distribution of different refractive index regions in two orthogonal dimensions, and an essentially consistent refractive index in a third orthogonal dimension. The third orthogonal direction is aligned with a transmission axis of the wave transmitter extending from an input location to a wave detector location. The transmission efficiency of the wave guide faceplate is improved in situations where the entry angle of the input radiation is different from the axis of the wave transmitter as compared to conventional faceplates.
Abstract translation: 公开了一种用于传输形成在作为传输介质的一部分的闪烁材料中形成的图像的波导面板。 发送介质包括两个正交尺寸的不同折射率区域的随机分布,以及在第三正交维度中基本一致的折射率。 第三正交方向与从输入位置延伸到波检测器位置的波发射器的透射轴对准。 与常规面板相比,输入辐射的入射角与波发射器的轴不同的情况下,波导面板的传输效率得到改善。
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公开(公告)号:US09213005B2
公开(公告)日:2015-12-15
申请号:US14071236
申请日:2013-11-04
Applicant: Incom, Inc.
Inventor: Michael J. Minot , Joseph M. Renaud , Daniel C. Bennis , Michael A. Detarando
Abstract: An X-ray anti-scatter grid having thinner X-ray opaque layers, smaller X-ray opaque diameters, greater aspect ratio, lower weight and improved image resolution is disclosed. A method of forming the X-ray anti-scatter grid is disclosed that includes a set of hollow X-ray transparent glass capillary tubes that are fused together, with an X-ray opaque layer thick enough to block X-rays at a specified energy inside the capillary tubes. The capillary tubes provide the high aspect ratio and light weight, while the X-ray opaque layer is provided by a deposition process that has features similar to atomic layer deposition (ALD). The high aspect ratio and thin layers improves resolution and decreases image artifacts, and large area X-ray anti-scatter grids are provided by aligning the axis of the an X-ray opaque layers to the X-ray source.
Abstract translation: 公开了具有较薄的X射线不透明层,较小的X射线不透明直径,更大的纵横比,更低的重量和更好的图像分辨率的X射线防散射网格。 公开了一种形成X射线防散射栅格的方法,其包括一组融合在一起的中空X射线透明玻璃毛细管,其X射线不透明层足够厚以在特定能量下阻挡X射线 在毛细管内。 毛细管提供高纵横比和轻重量,而X射线不透明层由具有类似于原子层沉积(ALD)特征的沉积工艺提供。 高纵横比和薄层提高分辨率并减少图像伪像,并且通过将X射线不透明层的轴与X射线源对准来提供大面积X射线防散射网格。
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