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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2008
Theodore F. Morse, Little Compton, RI (US);
Rajiv Gupta, Wayland, MA (US);
Carson B. Roberts, Waltham, MA (US);
Robert D. Chivas, Boston, MA (US);
Theodore F. Morse, Little Compton, RI (US);
Rajiv Gupta, Wayland, MA (US);
Carson B. Roberts, Waltham, MA (US);
Robert D. Chivas, Boston, MA (US);
Trustees of Boston University, Boston, MA (US);
Corporate Sponsored Research and Licensing for Massachusetts General Hospital, Partners Healthcare System, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A bundle of drawn fibers that have X-ray scintillating unagglommerated nanocrystallite particles in plastic or glass cores of down to 0.1 micron spacing and claddings of X-ray absorbing compounds in the cladding composition. Optional is a cover to the bundle that blocks light from leaving the bundle at the X-ray side while allowing X-rays to pass into the cores. To image the light exiting the fiber bundle at the sub-micron level, light expansion is preferable using either a lens system or a fiber bundle expander.