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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2006
Arthur J. Becker, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Yanqi Wang, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Bradley A. Roscoe, Ridgefield, CT (US);
John Simonetti, Hamilton, NJ (US);
Arthur J. Becker, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Yanqi Wang, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Bradley A. Roscoe, Ridgefield, CT (US);
John Simonetti, Hamilton, NJ (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Abstract
An LuAP scintillation detector and a method for improving the light output and uniformity of an LuAP scintillator crystal is provided, wherein the method includes disposing the scintillator crystal in a predetermined environment at a threshold temperature to generate an initial scintillator crystal, annealing the initial scintillator crystal in the predetermined environment at the threshold temperature to create an annealed scintillator crystal and cooling the annealed scintillator crystal in the predetermined environment to a final temperature.