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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2019
Applicant:
American Science and Engineering, Inc., Billerica, MA (US);
Inventors:
Aaron J. Couture, Reading, MA (US);
Jeffrey M. Denker, Woburn, MA (US);
Assignee:
American Science and Engineering, Inc., Billerica, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/20 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); G01V 5/00 (2006.01); G01T 7/00 (2006.01); G01T 5/08 (2006.01); G01T 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/2018 (2013.01); G01T 1/2006 (2013.01); G01V 5/0016 (2013.01); H01L 27/14601 (2013.01); H01L 27/14658 (2013.01); G01T 1/20 (2013.01); G01T 1/2008 (2013.01); G01T 3/06 (2013.01); G01T 5/08 (2013.01); G01T 7/00 (2013.01); H01L 27/146 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present specification provides a detector for an X-ray imaging system. The detector includes at least one high resolution layer having high resolution wavelength-shifting optical fibers, each fiber occupying a distinct region of the detector, at least one low resolution layer with low resolution regions, and a single segmented multi-channel photo-multiplier tube for coupling signals obtained from the high resolution fibers and the low resolution regions.