Patents by Inventor Stephen Gibson Topping

Stephen Gibson Topping has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Synthesis of advanced scintillators via vapor deposition techniques
    Patent number: 8829444
    Abstract: Transparent optical ceramic coating materials have been fabricated from europium-doped lutetium oxide (Lu2O3:Eu) using physical vapor deposition and chemical vapor deposition techniques. The non-pixilated film coatings have columnar microcrystalline structure and excellent properties for use as radiological scintillators, namely very high density, high effective atomic number, and light output and emission wavelength suitable for use with silicon-based detectors having a very high quantum efficiency. The materials can be used in a multitude of high speed and high resolution imaging applications, including x-ray imaging in medicine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Trustees of Boston University
    Inventors: Vinod K. Sarin, Stephen Gibson Topping
  • SYNTHESIS OF ADVANCED SCINTILLATORS VIA VAPOR DEPOSITION TECHNIQUES
    Publication number: 20130341513
    Abstract: Transparent optical ceramic coating materials have been fabricated from europium-doped lutetium oxide (Lu2O3:Eu) using physical vapor deposition and chemical vapor deposition techniques. The non-pixilated film coatings have columnar microcrystalline structure and excellent properties for use as radiological scintillators, namely very high density, high effective atomic number, and light output and emission wavelength suitable for use with silicon-based detectors having a very high quantum efficiency. The materials can be used in a multitude of high speed and high resolution imaging applications, including x-ray imaging in medicine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Trustees of Boston University
    Inventors: Vinod K. Sarin, Stephen Gibson Topping
  • Synthesis of advanced scintillators via vapor deposition techniques
    Patent number: 8530845
    Abstract: Transparent optical ceramic coating materials have been fabricated from europium-doped lutetium oxide (Lu2O3:Eu) using physical vapor deposition and chemical vapor deposition techniques. The non-pixilated film coatings have columnar microcrystalline structure and excellent properties for use as radiological scintillators, namely very high density, high effective atomic number, and light output and emission wavelength suitable for use with silicon-based detectors having a very high quantum efficiency. The materials can be used in a multitude of high speed and high resolution imaging applications, including x-ray imaging in medicine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Trustees of Boston University
    Inventors: Vinod K. Sarin, Stephen Gibson Topping
  • SYNTHESIS OF ADVANCED SCINTILLATORS VIA VAPOR DEPOSITION TECHNIQUES
    Publication number: 20100200757
    Abstract: Transparent optical ceramic coating materials have been fabricated from europium-doped lutetium oxide (Lu2O3:Eu) using physical vapor deposition and chemical vapor deposition techniques. The non-pixilated film coatings have columnar microcrystalline structure and excellent properties for use as radiological scintillators, namely very high density, high effective atomic number, and light output and emission wavelength suitable for use with silicon-based detectors having a very high quantum efficiency. The materials can be used in a multitude of high speed and high resolution imaging applications, including x-ray imaging in medicine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Vinod K. Sarin, Stephen Gibson Topping