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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 05, 2009
Applicants:

Christian Stoller, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);

Robert A. Adolph, Houston, TX (US);

Bradley Albert Roscoe, Cambridge, MA (US);

Inventors:

Christian Stoller, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);

Robert A. Adolph, Houston, TX (US);

Bradley Albert Roscoe, Cambridge, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/20 (2006.01); G01V 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/20 (2013.01); G01V 5/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, methods, and devices for thermally protecting a scintillator crystal of a scintillation detector are provided. In one example, a thermally-protected scintillator may include a scintillator crystal and a thermal protection element, which may partially surround the scintillator crystal. The thermal protection element may be configured to prevent the scintillator crystal from experiencing a rate of change in temperature sufficient to cause cracking or non-uniform light output, or a combination thereof.


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