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Patent No.:

US 9618631 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017

Filed:

May. 07, 2014

Crystal block array and method of manufacture

Applicant:

Zecotek Imaging Systems Singapore Pte Ltd., Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Abdelmounaime Faouzi Zerrouk, Lausanne, CH;

Azman Mohd Ariffin, Singapore, SG;

Mohammad Naim bin Mohammad Hakim, Singapore, SG;

Assignee:

ZECOTEK IMAGING SYSTEMS SINGAPORE PTE LTD., Singapore, SG;

Attorney:

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Primary Examiner:

Linda L Gray

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 37/18 (2006.01); B32B 38/04 (2006.01); G01T 1/202 (2006.01); G01T 1/20 (2006.01); B32B 37/02 (2006.01); B32B 37/12 (2006.01); B32B 38/00 (2006.01); B32B 37/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/202 (2013.01); G01T 1/2002 (2013.01); B32B 37/02 (2013.01); B32B 37/12 (2013.01); B32B 37/14 (2013.01); B32B 38/0004 (2013.01); B32B 2038/045 (2013.01); Y10T 156/1059 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1062 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1075 (2015.01); Y10T 428/16 (2015.01);
Abstract

A novel method of making a crystal block array (configured for coupling with photodetectors as part of an integrated detector module useful in advanced PET scanner systems) is disclosed herein. The novel method comprises a series of cutting, polishing, and assembling steps that utilize reflective sheet material. The crystal block arrays disclosed herein may be of various dimensions and geometries and are amenable to mass production.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Zerrouk, Abdelmounaime. (2017). Crystal block array and method of manufacture (U.S. Patent No. 9618631). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9618631

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