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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2014
Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto-shi, JP;
Hiromichi Tonami, Otokuni-gun, JP;
Tomoaki Tsuda, Kyoto, JP;
Shimadzu Corporation, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
In this radiation detector, a scintillator block () and a light guide () are optically coupled such that surfaces of side peripheral portions () face surfaces of scintillator crystals, among scintillator crystals configuring the scintillator block (), which are positioned at side edge portions. Accordingly, scintillator light generated at the side edge portions of the scintillator block () becomes incident on the side peripheral portions () more reliably. As a result, a radiation detector () according to the present invention is capable of achieving high resolution in DOI detection. Furthermore, resin curing is used to integrally form the side peripheral portions () comprising a plurality of blocks, and thus a complex assembly step during production of the light guide () does not need to be performed. Accordingly, production of the light guide () is facilitated, and thus low production costs of the radiation detector according to the present invention can be achieved.