Scintillator array with high detective quantum efficiency
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorHerfried Karl Wieczorek
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The invention relates to a scintillator array for a radiation imaging detector. A method for manufacturing the scintillator array, a radiation imaging detector, and a medical imaging system are also provided. The scintillator array has a radiation receiving face and an opposing scintillation light output face. The scintillator array includes a plurality of scintillator elements and a separator material that is disposed between the scintillator elements. The separator material consists of separator particles that have a predetermined size and with this the separator material provides an optical separation of the scintillator elements by providing a physical spacing between the scintillator elements, the width of which spacing is defined by the separator particle size.
Claims15
A scintillator array for a radiation imaging detector, the scintillator array having a radiation receiving face for receiving radiation and an opposing scintillation light output face for interfacing with a photodetector array;
- wherein the scintillator array comprises a plurality of scintillator elements and a separator material, which separator material is disposed between the scintillator elements;
- wherein the separator material consists of separator particles, which have a predetermined size;
- and
- wherein the separator material is configured to provide an optical separation of the scintillator elements by providing a physical spacing between the scintillator elements, a width the physical spacing being defined by the separator particle size.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.