Radiant energy – Invisible radiant energy responsive electric signalling – With or including a luminophor
Patent
1990-12-10
1992-02-25
Hannaher, Constantine
Radiant energy
Invisible radiant energy responsive electric signalling
With or including a luminophor
25036303, 250367, G01T 120
Patent
active
050916505
ABSTRACT:
A radiation detector comprising a scintillator array for emitting scintillation light upon incidence of radiation to a scintillator and distributing the scintillation light to the other scintillators at a predetermined distribution ratio and plural photomultiplier tubes optically coupled to the scintillator array for converting the scintillation light into an amplified electrical signal representing an incident position of the radiation to the scintillator array. The scintillator array comprises plural scintillators, and each pair of neighboring scintillators have coupling surface on both of confronting surfaces thereof for optically coupling the neighboring scintillators therethrough, each of the coupling surfaces having at least one of a roughened surface and a mirror-polished surface having different transmissivities to light passing therethrough to thereby adjust the distribution ratio of the scintillation light transmitted from one of the scintillators to another.
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Omura Tomohide
Uchida Hiroshi
Hamamatsu Photonics K. K.
Hannaher Constantine
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