Collimator and methods of forming same
AssigneeSmiths Detection Inc.
InventorPedro Andres Garzon
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Abstract
A collimator includes a collimator cover formed from a material with low radiation attenuation, and a plurality of septa formed from a radiation attenuating material. The collimator cover includes a base plate, a first side plate extending from the base plate, and a second, opposing side plate extending from the base plate. The first side plate has a plurality of first slots defined therein and the second side plate has a plurality of second slots defined therein. Each septum includes a first end retained in one first slot of the plurality of first slots and a second end retained in one corresponding second slot of the plurality of second slots.
Claims18
A collimator comprising:
- a collimator cover formed from a unitary sheet of material with low radiation attenuation, said collimator cover comprising:
- a base plate:
- a first side plate extending from said base plate;
- and
- a second, opposing side plate extending from said base plate,
- wherein said first side plate has a plurality of first slots defined therein and said second side plate has a plurality of second slots defined therein;
- and a plurality of septa formed from a radiation attenuating material, wherein each septum comprises a first end retained in one first slot of the plurality of first slots and a second end retained in one corresponding second slot of the plurality of second slots.
A method of forming a collimator, said method comprising:
- providing a sheet of material with low radiation attenuation:
- forming a plurality of slots in the sheet;
- bending the sheet to form a collimator cover including a base plate and a pair of opposing side plates extending from the base plate, wherein each side plate of the pair of side plates includes a subset of the plurality of slots defined therein:
- providing a plurality of septa;
- and
- positioning the plurality of septa within the collimator cover by locating the plurality of septa in the plurality of slots.
A collimator cover formed from a material with low radiation attenuation, said collimator cover comprising:
- a unitary sheet of the material with low radiation attenuation forming:
- a base plate;
- a first side plate extending from said base plate;
- and
- a second, opposing side plate extending from said base plate,
- wherein said first side plate has a plurality of first slots defined therein and said second side plate has a plurality of second slots defined therein, wherein each of said first slots is aligned with a corresponding second slot, and wherein said plurality of first slots and said plurality of second slots are sized and oriented to receive a plurality of septa formed from a radiation attenuating material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.