Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Selfe

Thomas A. Selfe 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).

  • System, Method And Apparatus For Deep Slot, Thin Kerf Pixelation
    Publication number: 20140367553
    Abstract: An imaging array may comprise a plurality of imaging pixels that form an array, the array having a high energy end, a light exit end and an axis, and each of the pixels has a pixel width PW orthogonal to the axis; septa positioned in the array such that there is a septum between adjacent ones of the imaging pixels, and each of the septa has a depth D in an axial direction; and an aspect ratio of PW:D less than 0.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: Thomas A. Selfe
  • Pixelated Scintillation Detector and Method of Making Same
    Publication number: 20140030832
    Abstract: A scintillation detector may include a pixelated scintillation crystal mechanically and optically coupled to a position sensitive photodetector, such as a position sensitive photomultiplier tube (PSPMT). The pixelated scintillation crystal may be coupled to the position sensitive photodetector without using a window between the crystal and photodetector. According to one method of constructing the scintillation detector, a solid scintillation crystal may be coupled to the position sensitive photodetector and cut while coupled to the photodetector to form the pixelated scintillation crystal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Thomas A. Selfe, Daniel J. Herr, Peter R. Menge
  • PIXELATED SCINTILLATION DETECTOR AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20110253290
    Abstract: A scintillation detector may include a pixelated scintillation crystal mechanically and optically coupled to a position sensitive photodetector, such as a position sensitive photomultiplier tube (PSPMT). The pixelated scintillation crystal may be coupled to the position sensitive photodetector without using a window between the crystal and photodetector. According to one method of constructing the scintillation detector, a solid scintillation crystal may be coupled to the position sensitive photodetector and cut while coupled to the photodetector to form the pixelated scintillation crystal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Selfe, Daniel J. Herr, Peter R. Menge
  • Pixelated Scintillation Detector and Method of Making Same
    Publication number: 20090236534
    Abstract: A scintillation detector may include a pixelated scintillation crystal mechanically and optically coupled to a position sensitive photodetector, such as a position sensitive photomultiplier tube (PSPMT). The pixelated scintillation crystal may be coupled to the position sensitive photodetector without using a window between the crystal and photodetector. According to one method of constructing the scintillation detector, a solid scintillation crystal may be coupled to the position sensitive photodetector and cut while coupled to the photodetector to form the pixelated scintillation crystal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Selfe, Daniel J. Herr, Peter R. Menge