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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2016
Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Knoxville, TN (US);
Mark S. Andreaco, Knoxville, TN (US);
Peter Carl Cohen, Knoxville, TN (US);
Matthias J. Schmand, Lenoir City, TN (US);
James L. Corbeil, Knoxville, TN (US);
Alexander Andrew Carey, Lenoir City, TN (US);
Robert A. Mintzer, Knoxville, TN (US);
Charles L. Melcher, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Merry A. Koschan, Knoxville, TN (US);
University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Knoxville, TN (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
A scintillator element is disclosed where the scintillator element includes a scintillator formed of a scintillation material capable of converting non-visible radiation into scintillation light, wherein the scintillator has a plurality of laser-etched micro-voids within the scintillator, each micro-void having an interior surface, and an intrinsic reflective layer is formed on the interior surface of at least some of the micro-voids, wherein the intrinsic reflective layer is formed from the scintillation material.