Self-aligning scintillator-collimator assembly
US7492857B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 6, 2007 |
| Grant date | Feb 17, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 28, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2223/505
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A CT detector includes a scintillator module including at least one scintillator configured to be impinged with radiographic energy from a radiographic energy source, at least one indexing pin connected to the scintillator module, and a collimator assembly having at least one comb, wherein the collimator assembly defines a relative position of the at least one comb, and wherein the at least one comb has a plurality of teeth configured to engage the at least one indexing pin.
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