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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
May. 20, 2003
Mehmet Aykac, Knoxville, TN (US);
Matthias J. Schmand, Lenoir City, TN (US);
Niraj K. Doshi, Knoxville, TN (US);
Charles W. Williams, Powell, TN (US);
Ronald Nutt, Knoxville, TN (US);
Mehmet Aykac, Knoxville, TN (US);
Matthias J. Schmand, Lenoir City, TN (US);
Niraj K. Doshi, Knoxville, TN (US);
Charles W. Williams, Powell, TN (US);
Ronald Nutt, Knoxville, TN (US);
CTI PET Systems, Inc., Knoxville, TN (US);
Abstract
A method for fabricating an array adapted to receive a plurality of scintillators for use in association with an imaging device. The method allows the creation of a detector array such that location of the impingement of radiation upon an individual scintillator detector is accurately determinable. The array incorporates an air gap between all the scintillator elements. Certain scintillators may have varying height reflective light partitions to control the amount of light sharing which occurs between elements. Light transmission is additionally optimized by varying the optical transmission properties of the reflective light partition, such as by varying the thickness and optical density of the light partitions. In certain locations, no light partitions exist, thereby defining an air gap between those elements. The air gap allows a large increase in the packing fraction and therefore the overall sensitivity of the array.