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Scintillator arrays for radiation detectors and methods of manufacture

  • US 6,898,265 B1
  • Filed: 11/20/2003
  • Issued: 05/24/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A pixilated scintillator array for a radiation detector of an imaging system, said scintillator array comprising:

  • a plurality of scintillator pixels arranged side by side in an array, said scintillator pixels separated from adjacent scintillator pixels by gaps, each said scintillator pixel comprising;

    a top surface and a plurality of side surfaces;

    a first layer covering said top surface and said side surface of each said scintillator pixel, said first layer formed from a smoothing coating;

    a second layer covering said first layer, said second layer formed from a reflective metal coating; and

    a third layer covering said second layer, said third layer formed from a barrier coating.

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