Scintillator arrays for radiation detectors and methods for making same
US6448566B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 15, 2001 |
| Grant date | Sep 10, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 15, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01T1/202
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
To provide simpler, more efficient methods for making scintillator arrays, one embodiment of the present invention is a method for making a scintillator array. The method includes extruding a mixture of a scintillator powder and a binder into rods; laminating the extruded rods with a sinterable reflector material; and sintering the laminated rods and reflector material into a scintillator block. Scintillator array embodiments of the present invention are useful in many types of pixelated radiation detectors, such as those used in computed tomography systems.
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