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US 2018/0292547 A1Published application
Method for fabricating pixelated scintillators
AssigneeVarian Medical Systems, Inc.
InventorsDaniel Shedlock, Josh Star-Lack, Richard Mead
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Abstract
In a method of making pixelated scintillators, an amorphous scintillator material in a molten state is pressed into a plurality of cavities defined by a plurality of walls of a mesh array. The molten scintillator material in the plurality of cavities is cooled to form a pixelated scintillator array. An x-ray imager including a pixelated scintillator is also described.
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A method of making pixelated scintillators, comprising:
- providing a mesh array including a plurality of walls defining a plurality of cavities;
- providing an amorphous scintillator material in a molten state;
- introducing the amorphous scintillator material in the molten state into the plurality of cavities of the mesh array;
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- cooling the amorphous scintillator material in the mesh array to form a pixelated scintillator array.
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A method of fabricating pixelated scintillators, comprising:
- forming a plurality of scintillator pixels from an amorphous scintillator material in a molten state;
- applying a reflective layer on each of the plurality of scintillator pixels formed;
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- assembling the plurality of scintillator pixels applied with the reflective layer to form a pixelated scintillator array.
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