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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2007
Sergio Paulo Martins Loureiro, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Alok Mani Srivastava, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Kevin Paul Mcevoy, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Venkat Subramaniam Venkataramani, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Steven Jude Duclos, Clifton Park, NY (US);
James Scott Vartuli, Rexford, NY (US);
Carl Joshua Vess, Latham, NY (US);
Sergio Paulo Martins Loureiro, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Alok Mani Srivastava, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Kevin Paul McEvoy, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Venkat Subramaniam Venkataramani, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Steven Jude Duclos, Clifton Park, NY (US);
James Scott Vartuli, Rexford, NY (US);
Carl Joshua Vess, Latham, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A method is provided that includes heating a powder to a temperature that is below the melting point of the scintillator composition but is sufficiently high to form a coherent mass. The powder includes a scintillator composition. The coherent mass is polycrystalline and has a pulse height resolution that is less than 20 percent at 662 kilo electron volts; a light yield of more than 5000 photons per milli electron volt; or both a pulse height resolution that is less than 20 percent at 662 kilo electron volts and a light yield of more than 5000 photons per milli electron. A sintered body is provided also.