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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Herfried Karl Wieczorek, Aachen, DE;
Cornelis Reinder Ronda, Aachen, DE;
Jacobus Gerardus Boerekamp, Someren, NL;
Anne-Marie Andree Van Dongen, Waalre, NL;
Sandra Johanna Maria Paula Spoor, Eindhoven, NL;
Daniela Buettner, Aachen, DE;
Wilhelmus Cornelis Keur, Weert, NL;
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/00 (2006.01); C09K 11/77 (2006.01); A61K 51/00 (2006.01); G01T 1/20 (2006.01); G01T 1/202 (2006.01); G01T 1/29 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 11/7774 (2013.01); A61K 51/00 (2013.01); G01T 1/2018 (2013.01); G01T 1/2023 (2013.01); G01T 1/2985 (2013.01);
Abstract
A ceramic or polycrystalline scintillator composition is represented by the formula (LuGd)(GaAl)O:Ce; wherein y=1±0.5; wherein x=3±0.25; and wherein Ce is in the range 0.01 mol % to 0.7 mol %. The scintillator composition finds application in the sensitive detection of ionizing radiation and may for example be used in the detection of gamma photons in the field of PET imaging.