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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 1985
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frank A DiBianca, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Jean-Pierre J Georges, Waukesha, WI (US);
Dominic A Cusano, Schenectady, NY (US);
Charles D Greskovich, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Waukesha, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T / ; C09K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250367 ; 2503 / ; 2504831 ; 2523 / ;
Abstract
An improved scintillator for a solid state radiation detector useful in CT (computed tomography), DR (digital radiography), and related technologies. The scintillator, rather than being grown as a single crystal, is formed by means of hot pressing or sintering, as a polycrystalline ceramic. Rare earth oxides doped with rare earth activators are selected to yield a cubic crystal structure of high density and transmittance, which satisfies radiation detector requirements better than crystals utilized heretofore.