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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2012
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
James Edward Murphy, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Kevin Paul McEvoy, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/2006 (2013.01); G01T 1/2018 (2013.01);
Abstract
Scintillator arrays and methods of making scintillator arrays are provided. One scintillator array includes a scintillator substrate having a plurality of scintillators spaced apart by gaps within the scintillator substrate and a smoothing layer overlaying a surface of the scintillator substrate within the gaps. The smoothing layer includes an organically modified silicate. The scintillator array also includes an optical reflector layer overlaying a surface of the smoothing layer within the gaps.