Patent ID: 7928396

Claim:
A method for obtaining a scintillation structure comprising the step of readying a matrix of binding material within which is present a plurality of scintillation crystals, wherein metallic material having high atomic number and high density is inserted between mutually adjacent scintillation crystals without separating the scintillation crystals from the matrix of binding material and wherein the step of inserting the metallic material is preceded by the step of removing binding material positioned between mutually adjacent scintillation crystals, to obtain a free space between said scintillation crystals, destined to house said metallic material, wherein the binding material is removed from a top surface of the matrix, destined to face a collimator, to a first internal section of the matrix positioned between said top surface and a base surface of the matrix whereon are aligned planar walls of the crystals and destined to face an electro-optical transducer, and wherein the binding material positioned between said first inner section and said base section of the matrix mechanically joins said scintillation crystals together.