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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2011
Thomas Leroy Laurence, North Royalton, OH (US);
Jinling Liu, Solon, OH (US);
Steven E. Cooke, Garfield Heights, OH (US);
Steven John Plummer, Hudson, OH (US);
Thomas Leroy Laurence, North Royalton, OH (US);
Jinling Liu, Solon, OH (US);
Steven E. Cooke, Garfield Heights, OH (US);
Steven John Plummer, Hudson, OH (US);
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
When constructing a nuclear detector module in a gantry, a plurality of overlapping light guide modules () are mounted to the gantry in a spaced-apart fashion, and a plurality of underlapping light guide modules () are mounted in between each pair of overlapping light guide modules (). Each of the underlapping modules and the overlapping modules includes a scintillation crystal array () on an interior surface thereof, and a plurality of PMTs on an exterior surface thereof. Overlapping modules () have overlapping structures () that interface with underlapping structures () on the underlapping modules () and thereby eliminate a seam directly beneath PMTs that overlap the crystal arrays of both an overlapping module and an underlapping module. Optical grease is used to form a resilient grease coupling and reduce light scatter between the underlapping and overlapping modules.