Patent ID: 9599728
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G01N,G01T

Claim:
1. An X-ray detector array comprising: an array of scintillator pixels, wherein a scintillator pixel includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and at least two scintillators with a plurality of surfaces covered in a layer of reflective paint and stacked one on top of the other; an interposer having a first side and a second side, which is a side opposite the first side; a plurality of vertical radiation detectors, wherein a vertical scintillation radiation detector is at a side surface of the scintillator pixel contacting the at least two scintillators, includes a sub-portion with an end that extends beyond the bottom surface of the scintillator pixel, and the end is connected via an electrical joint to the first side of the interposer; wherein the bottom surface of the scintillator pixel is separated from the interposer by a non-zero distance with a non-zero volume directly there between; and an X-ray absorbing encapsulation material comprising an electrically insulating highly X-ray absorbing material, wherein the highly X-ray absorbing material has an atomic number greater than 50, and the X-ray absorbing encapsulation material is disposed in the volume between and contiguous to one of the covered surfaces of one of the at least two scintillators and the interposer, and next to the sub-portion.