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US 9,310,491 B2Granted
Scintillator with tapered geometry for radiation detectors
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorKenneth Stephenson
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Abstract
A radiation detector may include a housing, and a scintillator body carried within the housing and including a proximal portion defining a proximal end, a distal portion defining a distal end, and a medial portion between the proximal portion and the distal portion. The scintillator body may have a constant diameter along the proximal portion, and a decreasing diameter along the distal portion from the medial portion to the distal end. The radiation detector may further include a photodetector coupled to the distal end of the scintillator body.
Claims18
A radiation detector comprising:
- a housing;
- a scintillator body carried within said housing and comprising a proximal portion defining a proximal end, a distal portion defining a distal end, and a medial portion between said proximal portion and said distal portion;
- said scintillator body having a constant diameter along the proximal portion, and a decreasing diameter along said distal portion from said medial portion to the distal end;
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- a photodetector coupled to the distal end of said scintillator body,
- wherein said scintillator body has a greater surface roughness adjacent the proximal end than adjacent the distal end.
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A scintillator body comprising:
- a proximal portion defining a proximal end, a distal portion defining a distal end, and a medial portion between said proximal portion and said distal portion;
- said proximal portion having a constant diameter along a length thereof, and said distal portion having a decreasing diameter along a length thereof from said medial portion to the distal end,
- wherein said scintillator body has a greater surface roughness adjacent the proximal end than adjacent the distal end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.