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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2005
Thomas L. Laurence, North Royalton, OH (US);
Steven E. Cooke, Garfield Heights, OH (US);
Thomas L. Laurence, North Royalton, OH (US);
Steven E. Cooke, Garfield Heights, OH (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A radiation detector () includes scintillator pixels () that each have a radiation-receiving end, a light-output end, and reflective sides extending therebetween. The reflective sides have a reflection characteristic () varying between the radiation-receiving end and the light-output end such that a lateral spread of light emanating from the light-output ends of the scintillator pixels responsive to a scintillation event generated in one of the scintillator pixels depends upon a depth of the scintillation event in the scintillator pixel. A plurality of light detectors () optically communicate with the light-output ends of the scintillator pixels to receive light produced by scintillation events.