Patents by Inventor Xiao-mei PAN

Xiao-mei PAN 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).

  • Apparatus including scintillation crystal array with different reflector layers and associated methods
    Patent number: 9658344
    Abstract: A radiation detector, such as for a PET scanner, may include an array of scintillator crystals, with each scintillator crystal having a polished end, a roughened end opposite the polished end, and polished sides extending between the polished end and the roughened end. The detector may also include a specular reflector layer between adjacent polished sides of adjacent ones of the array of scintillator crystals, and a diffusive reflector layer adjacent the roughened ends of the array of scintillator crystals. The detector may further include at least one photodetector adjacent the polished ends of the array of scintillator crystals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: CRYSTAL PHOTONICS, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Bruce Chai, Xiao-mei Pan, Bao-hui Zhou
  • APPARATUS INCLUDING SCINTILLATION CRYSTAL ARRAY WITH DIFFERENT REFLECTOR LAYERS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20170123080
    Abstract: A radiation detector, such as for a PET scanner, may include an array of scintillator crystals, with each scintillator crystal having a polished end, a roughened end opposite the polished end, and polished sides extending between the polished end and the roughened end. The detector may also include a specular reflector layer between adjacent polished sides of adjacent ones of the array of scintillator crystals, and a diffusive reflector layer adjacent the roughened ends of the array of scintillator crystals. The detector may further include at least one photodetector adjacent the polished ends of the array of scintillator crystals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Bruce CHAI, Xiao-mei PAN, Bao-hui ZHOU