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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2005
Simha Levene, D. N. Hanegev, IL;
Rodney A. Mattson, Mentor, OH (US);
Ami Altman, Haifa, IL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A radiation detector () for an imaging system includes a two-dimensional array () of nondeliquescent ceramic scintillating fibers or sheets (). The scintillating fibers () are manufactured from a GOS ceramic material. Each scintillating fiber () has a width (d) between 0.1 mm and 1 mm, a length (h) between 0.1 mm and 2 mm and a height (h) between 1 mm and 2 mm. Such scintillating fiber () has a height (h) to cross-sectional dimension (dh) ratio of approximately 10 to 1. The scintillating fibers () are held together by layers () of a low index coating material. A two-dimensional array () of photodiodes () is positioned adjacent and in optical communication with the scintillating fibers () to convert the visible light into electrical signals. A grid () is disposed by the scintillating array (). The grid () has the apertures () which correspond to a cross-section of the photodiodes () and determine a spatial resolution of the imaging system.