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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2009
Applicants:
Wusheng Xu, Shanghai, CN;
Zhongshi Liu, Shanghai, CN;
Qun Deng, Shanghai, CN;
Inventors:
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Miskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/202 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A scintillator is provided, comprising: a composition of formula (LuCeInM)SiO, wherein Mis Y, Sc, Gd, or a combination thereof; 0.00001<x<0.05; 0.000001<y<0.1; and 0<=z<0.999989. A detecting device comprising a crystalline structure of the above scintillator is also provided. A method of detecting energy with the above detecting device is provided, comprising: receiving radiation by the scintillator; and detecting photons with a photon detector coupled to the scintillator.