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Method of manufacturing garnet interfaces and articles containing the garnets obtained therefrom

US9650569B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. · US

Inventors

Peter Carl Cohen · Knoxville, US
Robert A. Mintzer · Knoxville, US
Mark S. Andreaco · Knoxville, US
Matthias J. Schmand · Lenoir City, US
Christof Thalhammer · Munich, DE
Harry Hedler · Germering, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 25, 2015
Grant date	May 16, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 25, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC04B2235/9646
WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a method including disposing in a mold a powder that has a composition for manufacturing a scintillator material and compressing the powder to form the scintillator material; where an exit surface of the scintillator material has a texture that comprises a plurality of projections that reduce total internal reflection at the exit surface and that increase the amount of photons exiting the exit surface by an amount of greater than or equal to 5% over a surface that does not have the projections.

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