Pixelated gamma detector
Abstract
A pixelated gamma detector includes a scintillator column assembly having scintillator crystals and optical transparent elements alternating along a longitudinal axis, a collimator assembly having longitudinal walls separated by collimator septum, the collimator septum spaced apart to form collimator channels, the scintillator column assembly positioned adjacent to the collimator assembly so that the respective ones of the scintillator crystal are positioned adjacent to respective ones of the collimator channels, the respective ones of the optical transparent element are positioned adjacent to respective ones of the collimator septum, and a first photosensor and a second photosensor, the first and the second photosensor each connected to an opposing end of the scintillator column assembly. A system and a method for inspecting and/or detecting defects in an interior of an object are also disclosed.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- GE Global Research, Niskayuna, New York (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1337661
- Patent Number(s):
- 9529097
- Application Number:
- 15/198,502
- Assignee:
- General Electric Company (Niskayuna, NY)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
- DOE Contract Number:
- FE0024293
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2016 Jun 30
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Citation Formats
Dolinsky, Sergei Ivanovich, Yanoff, Brian David, Guida, Renato, and Ivan, Adrian. Pixelated gamma detector. United States: N. p., 2016.
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Dolinsky, Sergei Ivanovich, Yanoff, Brian David, Guida, Renato, & Ivan, Adrian. Pixelated gamma detector. United States.
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"Pixelated gamma detector". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1337661.
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