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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2003
David Gerard Mliner, New Berlin, WI (US);
Haochuan Jiang, Brookfield, WI (US);
Richard Louis Hart, St. Johnsville, NY (US);
Chang Wei, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Jaime Andres Echeverry, Albany, NY (US);
David Gerard Mliner, New Berlin, WI (US);
Haochuan Jiang, Brookfield, WI (US);
Richard Louis Hart, St. Johnsville, NY (US);
Chang Wei, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Jaime Andres Echeverry, Albany, NY (US);
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
A pixilated scintillator array for a radiation detector of an imaging system includes a plurality of scintillator pixels arranged side by side in an array. The scintillator pixels are separated from adjacent scintillator pixels by gaps. Each scintillator pixels includes a top surface, a plurality of side surfaces, and a first layer covering the top surface and the side surfaces of each scintillator pixel. The first layer is formed from a smoothing coating. A second layer formed from a reflective metal coating covers the first layer, and a third layer formed from a barrier coating covers the second layer.