US 11,867,850 B2
Scintillation detector
Edward Marsden, Huddersfield (GB); and John Atkins, Sedgefield (GB)
Assigned to KROMEK LIMITED, Sedgefield (GB)
Appl. No. 17/784,242
Filed by KROMEK LIMITED
PCT Filed Dec. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/053182
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 10, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/116698, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1918337 (GB), filed on Dec. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0041132 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G01T 1/20 (2006.01); G01T 1/16 (2006.01); G01T 1/208 (2006.01)
CPC G01T 1/1603 (2013.01) [G01T 1/208 (2013.01); G01T 1/20188 (2020.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A radiation detector assembly comprising:
a scintillator, comprising a scintillating material;
a photodetector;
a hermetic enclosure surrounding and defining an enclosure volume that contains the scintillator and the photodetector, wherein the hermetic enclosure comprises a housing body and a housing lid with a channel adapted to receive the housing body;
wherein the enclosure comprises a wall of plastics material coated with a metal layer placed inside the housing body, wherein the wall of plastics material comprises a PTFE wrapping layer, wherein the metal layer comprises a reflective layer.