US 12,092,774 B2
Method for fabricating pixelated scintillators
Daniel Shedlock, Knoxville, TN (US); Josh Star-Lack, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Richard Mead, Los Altos Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US); and COLLIMATED HOLES, INC., Campbell, CA (US)
Filed by Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/480,220.
Application 17/480,220 is a division of application No. 15/978,924, filed on May 14, 2018, abandoned.
Application 15/978,924 is a division of application No. 14/870,044, filed on Sep. 30, 2015, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2022/0003882 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. G01T 1/20 (2006.01); B29C 39/02 (2006.01); B29C 39/26 (2006.01); B29C 39/38 (2006.01); B29C 65/48 (2006.01); C03B 11/08 (2006.01); C03B 19/02 (2006.01); C03B 37/02 (2006.01); C03B 37/025 (2006.01); C03C 4/08 (2006.01); G01T 1/202 (2006.01); B29K 25/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/16 (2006.01)
CPC G01T 1/2002 (2013.01) [B29C 39/026 (2013.01); B29C 39/26 (2013.01); B29C 39/38 (2013.01); B29C 65/48 (2013.01); C03B 11/08 (2013.01); C03B 19/02 (2013.01); C03B 37/02 (2013.01); C03B 37/025 (2013.01); C03C 4/087 (2013.01); G01T 1/20 (2013.01); G01T 1/20183 (2020.05); G01T 1/20187 (2020.05); G01T 1/202 (2013.01); B29K 2025/00 (2013.01); B29K 2105/162 (2013.01); C03B 2215/06 (2013.01); C03B 2215/07 (2013.01); C03B 2215/16 (2013.01); C03B 2215/20 (2013.01); C03B 2215/414 (2013.01); C03B 2215/79 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pixelated scintillator layer, comprising:
a first pixelated scintillator array including a plurality of scintillator pixels arranged substantially in parallel in a first direction; and
a second pixelated scintillator array including a plurality of scintillator pixels arranged substantially in parallel in a second direction, the second direction being different from the first direction; wherein
a top surface of the second pixelated scintillator array is unparallel with a bottom surface of the second pixelated scintillator array,
a side of the second pixelated scintillator array is parallel to a side of the first pixelated scintillator array, and
the first pixelated scintillator array and the second pixelated scintillator array are arranged such that the first direction and the second direction focus substantially at a source.