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Terbium based detector scintillator

US9322935B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

Cornelis Reinder Ronda · Aachen, DE
Norbert Conrads · Raeren, BE
Henning Ohland · Aachen, DE
Herbert Schreinemacher · Aachen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 3, 2012
Grant date	Apr 26, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 9, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG21K4/00
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An imaging system (100) includes a radiation source (110) and a radiation sensitive detector array (116), which includes a scintillator array (118) and a photosensor array (120) optically coupled to the scintillator array, wherein the scintillator array includes Gd2O2S:Pr,Tb,Ce. A method includes detecting radiation with a radiation sensitive detector array (116) of an imaging system (100), wherein the radiation sensitive detector array includes a Gd2O2S:Pr,Tb,Ce based scintillator array (118). A radiation sensitive detector array (116) includes a scintillator array (118) and a photosensor array (120) optically coupled to the scintillator array, wherein the scintillator array includes Gd2O2S:Pr,Tb,Ce, and an amount of Tb3+ in the Gd2O2S:Pr,Tb,Ce is equal to or less than two hundred mole parts per million.

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