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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2019
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Alok Mani Srivastava, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Sergei Ivanovich Dolinsky, Clifton Park, NY (US);
GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Abstract
A scintillator for positron emission tomography is provided. The scintillator includes a garnet compound of a formula of ABCOand an activator ion consisting of cerium. Ais AX. X consists of at least one lanthanide element. Ais selected from the group consisting of (i), (ii), (iii), and any combination thereof, wherein (i) consists of at least one lanthanide element, (ii) consists of at least one group I element selected from the group consisting of Na and K, and (iii) consists of at least one group II element selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr, and Ba. Bconsists of Sn, Ti, Hf, Zr, and any combination thereof. Cconsists of Al, Ga, Li, and any combination thereof. The garnet compound is doped with the activator ion.