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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2020
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);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/2006 (2013.01); G01T 1/2002 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present specification describes an X-ray detector that includes at least one scintillator screen for absorbing incident X rays and emitting corresponding light rays, a wavelength shifting sheet (WSS) coupled with the at least one scintillator screen for shifting the emitted light rays, at least one wavelength shifting fiber (WSF) coupled with at least one edge of the WSS for collecting the shifted light rays, and a photodetector for detecting the collected light rays.