Modular radiation detector array and module

Patent · Tue Jul 06 00:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6625544

Morehouse, C C; Shaw, R H

A modular radiation detector array which allows improved spatial resolution and facilitates installation and replacement for repair. Each module includes two detachably assembled portions with one portion including a plurality of spaced plates for collimating radiation. The second portion includes a printed circuit board, a semiconductor diode array chip mounted on the printed circuit board, and a plurality of scintillator crystals mounted on the semiconductor chip with each crystal overlying a diode. Signals from the diodes are applied to signal processing means by a cable which is readily connected to and disconnected from the diode array.

• Assignee: General Electric Co
• Patent Number(s): US 4338521
• Application Number: TRN: 83-004001
• OSTI ID: 6625544
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 9 May 1980; Other Information: PAT-APPL-148261
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
RADIATION DETECTORS
DESIGN
BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY
CABLES
COLLIMATORS
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
MODULAR STRUCTURES
PHOTODIODES
PLATES
PRINTED CIRCUITS
SCINTILLATIONS
SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES
SIGNALS
SPATIAL RESOLUTION
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MEDICINE
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
RADIOLOGY
RESOLUTION
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
TOMOGRAPHY
440101* - Radiation Instrumentation- General Detectors or Monitors & Radiometric Instruments
550602 - Medicine- External Radiation in Diagnostics- (1980-)