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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2004
Lucas Lemar Clarke, Uniontown, OH (US);
Brian Marshall Palmer, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Jeffrey Louis Johanning, Hudson, OH (US);
Keith David Jones, Macedonia, OH (US);
James R. Williams, University Heights, OH (US);
Andrew Emanuel Shalhoub, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Lucas Lemar Clarke, Uniontown, OH (US);
Brian Marshall Palmer, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Jeffrey Louis Johanning, Hudson, OH (US);
Keith David Jones, Macedonia, OH (US);
James R. Williams, University Heights, OH (US);
Andrew Emanuel Shalhoub, Twinsburg, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A radiation detector includes a housing, an elongated, rectangular crystal having four longitudinally extending corners, and a photomultiplier tube both supported in the housing, with a light pipe located axially between respective facing ends of the photomultiplier tube and the crystal; and a plurality of elongated rails extending along respective ones of the longitudinally extending corners of the rectangular crystal, establishing an air gap between the crystal and the housing.