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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2018
Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Peter Carl Cohen, Knoxville, TN (US);
Alexander Andrew Carey, Lenoir City, TN (US);
Mark S. Andreaco, Knoxville, TN (US);
Matthias J. Schmand, Lenoir City, TN (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure discloses, in one arrangement, a scintillator material made of a metal halide with one or more additional group-13 elements. An example of such a compound is Ce:LaBrwith thallium (Tl) added, either as a codopant or in a stoichiometric admixture and/or solid solution between LaBrand TlBr. In another arrangement, the above single crystalline iodide scintillator material can be made by first synthesizing a compound of the above composition and then forming a single crystal from the synthesized compound by, for example, the Vertical Gradient Freeze method. Applications of the scintillator materials include radiation detectors and their use in medical and security imaging.