Ruggedized scintillation detector for portal monitors and light pipe incorporated therein
US7154098B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 19, 2004 |
| Grant date | Dec 26, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 7, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01T1/202
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A radiation detector includes a housing, an elongated, rectangular crystal having four longitudinally extending corners, and a photomultiplier tube both supported in the housing, with a light pipe located axially between respective facing ends of the photomultiplier tube and the crystal; and a plurality of elongated rails extending along respective ones of the longitudinally extending corners of the rectangular crystal, establishing an air gap between the crystal and the housing.
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