Patent ID: 9279892
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: G01T,G02B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A scintillator crystal array configured to receive rays emitted by an object to be imaged and to emit light energy responsive to the received rays, the scintillator crystal array comprising plural crystals, the crystal array having a width of at least four crystals, each crystal comprising: a reception surface configured to receive the rays emitted by the object to be imaged; an emission surface disposed opposite the reception surface and configured to emit the light energy responsive to the received rays; and plural sides extending between the reception surface and the emission surface, the plural sides comprising a roughened side and a polished side opposed to the roughened side, wherein the roughened side comprises a roughened side surface, the polished side comprises a polished side surface, and the roughened side surface is oriented toward an interior of the array relative to the polished side surface.