Patent ID: 6841783
Filing Date: 2005-01-11
Classification: G01T

Abstract:
1. A radiographic imaging device, comprising: a plurality of sensors for detecting emitted photons; a scintillation crystal spaced in relation to said plurality of sensors and including an emission face from which photons are emitted in response to absorption of radiation, said plurality of sensors being positioned to receive a substantial portion of said emitted photons emanating from said emission face; a first set of channels of a first channel depth formed in said emission face, each channel extending in a first direction along said emission face in a substantially parallel, spaced apart relationship with other channels in said first set; and a second set of channels of a second channel depth different from said first channel depth formed in said emission face, each channel of said second set of channels extending in a second direction along said emission face in a substantially parallel, spaced apart relationship with other channels in said second Set, said second direction being non-parallel with said first direction.