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CT detector having a segmented optical coupler and method of manufacturing same

  • US 7,238,945 B2
  • Filed: 11/08/2005
  • Issued: 07/03/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of manufacturing a CT detector comprising the steps of:

  • forming a scintillator array having a plurality of scintillators;

    forming a photodiode array having a plurality of photodiodes;

    depositing an open-celled collimator between the scintillator array and the photodiode array, the open-celled collimator having collimator plates extending in a direction generally parallel to x-ray transmission and having a width perpendicular to the direction generally parallel to x-ray transmission that substantially matches a width separating adjacent scintillators; and

    securing the scintillator, the open-celled collimator, and the photodiode array to one another.

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