Patent ID: 7252789

Claim:
A scintillator composition comprising: a garnet represented by (M 1-x-y N x A y ) 3 (Al 5-a-b C a D b )O 12 , wherein M comprises yttrium, or terbium, or gadolinium, or holmium, or erbium, or thulium, or ytterbium, or lutetium, or combinations thereof, wherein N comprises additives including an alkali metal, or an alkaline earth metal, or combinations thereof, wherein A comprises a suitable activator ion including cerium, or europium, or praseodymium, or terbium, or ytterbium, or combinations thereof, wherein C or D may comprise lithium, or magnesium, or gallium, or an element from group IIIa, or IVa, or Va, or IIId transition metal, or IVd transition metal, or combinations thereof, wherein x ranges from about 0.001 to about 0.90, y ranges from about 0.005 to about 0.3, and a sum of a and b ranges from about 0.001 to 2.0.