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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2018
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Jean-Paul Bouhnik, Zichron Yaacov, IL;
Yaron Hefetz, Kibbutz Alonim, IL;
Sharon Golden, Tirat Carmel, IL;
Chang Lyong Kim, Waukesha, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An imaging detector is provided that includes a continuous NaI crystal, a glass plate, an array of SiPMs, and an array of concentrators. The continuous NaI crystal defines a reception side and a detection side. The glass plate is disposed on the detection side of the continuous NaI crystal, and is interposed between the detection side of the continuous NaI crystal and the array. The array of concentrators corresponds to the array of SiPMs, and is interposed between the array of SiPMs and the glass plate. Each concentrator has a reception side opening that is larger than a detection side opening, with the detection side opening disposed proximate to a corresponding SiPM.