US 12,270,958 B2
Scintillating glass ceramics for use in flat panel x-ray detectors, flat panel x-ray detectors and imaging systems
Anthony R. Lubinsky, Port Jefferson, NY (US); Adrian Howansky, Centereach, NY (US); Jacqueline Johnson, Tullahoma, TN (US); Meredith Brooke Beckert, Atlanta, GA (US); Charles Bond, Tullahoma, TN (US); and Russell Lee Leonard, Tullahoma, TN (US)
Assigned to THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, Albany, NY (US); UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Knoxville, TN (US); and GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION, Atlanta, GA (US)
Appl. No. 17/790,087
Filed by THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, Albany, NY (US); UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Knoxville, TN (US); and GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION, Atlanta, GA (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 22, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/014786
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 29, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/151017, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/965,460, filed on Jan. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/965,471, filed on Jan. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0058622 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G01T 1/20 (2006.01)
CPC G01T 1/20188 (2020.05) [G01T 1/2002 (2013.01)] 40 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A structure comprising:
a photosensor array; and
a screen comprising a scintillating glass ceramic, the scintillating glass ceramic comprising a glass matrix hosting luminescent centers and light scattering centers, the scintillating glass ceramic configured to convert incident x-ray radiation into light photons, where a surface of the scintillating glass ceramic faces the photosensor array, wherein the photosensor array is operable to capture at least a portion of the light photons from the screen and convert the captured light photons into electrical signals.