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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2023
Bruker Technologies Ltd., Migdal HaEmek, IL;
Richard Thake Bytheway, Durham, GB;
Bruker Technologies Ltd., Migdal HaEmek, IL;
Abstract
A detector assembly of an X-ray system, the detector assembly includes: (a) an optical sensor having a first surface, the optical sensor configured to receive optical radiation impinging on the first surface, and to produce an electrical signal responsively to the optical radiation, (b) a fiber optic plate (FOP) disposed over the first surface of the optical sensor, the FOP includes: (i) one or more optical fibers disposed at an acute angle relative to a normal to the first surface, the one or more optical fibers are configured to convey the optical radiation to the optical sensor, and (ii) a second surface, which is oblique to the first surface, and (c) a scintillator layer disposed on the second surface of the FOP and configured to convert an X-ray beam into the optical radiation.