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Method of manufacturing a scintillator and a scintillator layer thus manufactured

US6252927A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

U.S. Philips Corporation · US

Inventors

Herfried Karl Wieczorek · Aachen, DE
Stefan Schneider · Aachen, DE
Josef Lauter · Geilenkirchen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 28, 1999
Grant date	Jun 26, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 28, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B6/4085
WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In order to manufacture a scintillator layer for a detector for the detection of electromagnetic radiation, transmitted by an object, which has a high spatial resolution and only a slight interaction between the scintillator elements, it is proposed to pour a molten mass of a radiation-absorbing metal, having a melting point below 350.degree. C., into intermediate spaces which extend vertically between neighboring scintillator elements.

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