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US06480563B2 System and method of aligning scintillator crystalline structures for computed tomography imaging
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用于计算机断层摄影成像的闪烁体晶体结构对准的系统和方法
- 专利标题: System and method of aligning scintillator crystalline structures for computed tomography imaging
- 专利标题(中): 用于计算机断层摄影成像的闪烁体晶体结构对准的系统和方法
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申请号: US09681067申请日: 2000-12-19
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公开(公告)号: US06480563B2公开(公告)日: 2002-11-12
- 发明人: David M. Hoffman , Haochuan Jiang
- 申请人: David M. Hoffman , Haochuan Jiang
- 主分类号: A61B600
- IPC分类号: A61B600
摘要:
The present invention discloses a method of aligning scintillator crystalline structures for computed tomography imaging and a system of use. Crystal seeds are deposited inside a glass melt and are then grown to form a plurality of layer crystallites. While growing the crystallites, a field is applied to align each crystallite structure in a uniform orientation. As a result, the crystallites are configured to reduce light scattering and improve the overall efficiency of the CT system. A CT system is disclosed implementing a scintillator array having a plurality of scintillators, each scintillator being formed of a plurality of uniformly aligned crystallites. Each crystallite includes a receiving surface and an exiting surface configured perpendicular to an x-ray beam. Further, the receiving surface and the exiting surface are connected by a plurality of surface walls arranged parallel to the x-ray beam.
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