Patent ID: 6690767
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: G21K

Abstract:
The scattered radiation shielding grid comprising a plurality of tiles, each tile replicated from a prototile comprising a radiation absording material arranged in a motif, the motif of radiation absorbing material comprising a plurality of non-overlapping linear segments of radiation absorbing material, wherein the segments have an equal length;wherein the prototile comprising a width W(p), a length and the motif solely within the prototile, wherein the prototile width W(p)=W/(IÂ±M&Circlesolid;I) and W(p)â‰ W+D, where W is a radiation sensitive area width of a radiation sensor of a radiation detection panel comprising a plurality of equal size radiation sensors separated by interstitial spaces having a width D, over which the grid is positioned, I is an integer and M is a non-integer.