Segmented detector array
US8357903B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 19, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jan 22, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 29, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49826
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A radiation detector that includes multiple adjacent modular detector segments. Each segment includes an array of scintillation crystal elements, a light guide arranged adjacent to the array of scintillation crystal elements, and reflectors arranged around a periphery of the segment so that light produced by a scintillation event in the segment is substantially confined to the segment. In one embodiment, each segment is coupled to multiple photosensors, each photosensor receiving light from at least one of the segments.
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