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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1993
Jeffrey W Eberhard, Schenectady, NY (US);
Kristina H Hedengren, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Transducer arrays are constructed using multiple layers of transducer elements, each layer of transducer elements having energy passages such as spaces to allow free passage of energy to or from transducer elements in another layer. Each transducing element performs the same transducing (energy conversion) as the other transducing elements. The transducer arrays may be detector arrays having scintillation materials for detection of x-ray or other high energy rays with each element operable to detect the same type of energy (e.g., x-ray, gamma ray, ultrasound, etc.) as the other elements. Multiple layering of the detector elements allows construction of a diced or mosaic detector array without restrictions upon the thickness of the individual elements which might otherwise result from the kerf width.