Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pixelated detectors with depth of interaction sensitivity
- Patent Title (中): 具有相互作用敏感度的像素化检测器
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Application No.: US11720761Application Date: 2005-12-05
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Publication No.: US07932497B2Publication Date: 2011-04-26
- Inventor: Thomas L. Laurence , Steven E. Cooke
- Applicant: Thomas L. Laurence , Steven E. Cooke
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
- Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- International Application: PCT/IB2005/054054 WO 20051205
- International Announcement: WO2006/064393 WO 20060622
- Main IPC: G01T1/166
- IPC: G01T1/166

Abstract:
A radiation detector (10, 10′) includes scintillator pixels (30) that each have a radiation-receiving end, a light-output end, and reflective sides extending therebetween. The reflective sides have a reflection characteristic (40, 40′, 41, 44) varying between the radiation-receiving end and the light-output end such that a lateral spread of light emanating from the light-output ends of the scintillator pixels responsive to a scintillation event generated in one of the scintillator pixels depends upon a depth of the scintillation event in the scintillator pixel. A plurality of light detectors (46) optically communicate with the light-output ends of the scintillator pixels to receive light produced by scintillation events.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100127178A1 PIXELATED DETECTORS WITH DEPTH OF INTERACTION SENSITIVITY Public/Granted day:2010-05-27
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