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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2012
Applicant:
David Michael Hoffman, New Berlin, WI (US);
Inventor:
David Michael Hoffman, New Berlin, WI (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/20 (2006.01); G01T 1/202 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/2002 (2013.01); G01T 1/202 (2013.01);
Abstract
A radiation detector includes a scintillator layer configured to absorb radiation emitted from a radiation source and to emit optical photons in response to the absorbed radiation. The radiation detector also includes a photodetector layer configured to absorb the optical photons emitted by the scintillator layer. The radiation detector further includes a reflector configured to reflect the optical photons emitted by the scintillator layer towards the photodetector layer and to absorb select wavelengths of optical photons associated with an afterglow emitted by the scintillator layer.