1. A radiation detection assembly, comprising:
a radiation detector comprising a flexible scintillator detector comprising a scintillator layer deposited on a first resin layer; and an optically transparent substrate, the radiation detector having a first side and a second side;
a first imaging photodetector optically coupled to the first side of the detector; and
a second imaging photodetector optically coupled to the second side of the detector, wherein at least one of the photodetectors is a position-sensitive imaging photodetector.
2. The radiation detection assembly of claim 1, wherein the scintillator layer comprises microcolumnar CsI(Tl).
3. The radiation detection assembly of claim 1, wherein the optically transparent substrate comprises a glass, plastic, or organic polymer resin.
4. The radiation detection assembly of claim 1, wherein the first resin layer comprises a para-xylylene polymer.
5. The radiation detection assembly of claim 1, wherein the optically transparent substrate comprises a fiber optic plate.
6. The radiation detection assembly of claim 1, further comprising an optically transparent layer formed on a surface of the scintillator layer not in contact with the first resin layer.
7. The radiation detection assembly of claim 6, wherein the optically transparent layer comprises an organic polymer resin.
8. The radiation detection assembly of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second photodetectors is a two-dimensional imaging detector.
9. The radiation detection assembly of claim 8, wherein the first and second photodetectors are two-dimensional imaging detectors.
10. The radiation detection assembly of claim 9, wherein imaging information from said first and second photodetectors is used to provide dual energy information.
11. The radiation detection assembly of claim 1, wherein the first and second photodetectors are one-dimensional imaging detectors.
12. The radiation detection assembly of claim 11, wherein the first and second photodetectors are oriented along axes not parallel to each other.
13. The radiation detection assembly of claim 11, wherein the first and second photodetectors are oriented along axes substantially orthogonal to each other.
14. The radiation detection assembly of claim 1, wherein the first photodetector is a two-dimensional imaging photodetector and the second photodetector comprises a single element illuminated by the scintillator layer.
15. The radiation detection assembly of claim 14, wherein the second photodetector provides energy and time resolution information.
16. A method of making a radiation detection assembly, comprising:
coupling a flexible scintillator detector comprising a scintillator layer deposited on a first resin layer to an optically transparent substrate so as to produce a detector having a first side and a second side;
optically coupling the first side to a first imaging photodetector; and
optically coupling the second side to a second imaging photodetector, wherein at least one of the photodetectors is a position-sensitive imaging photodetector.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the scintillator layer comprises microcolumnar CsI(Tl).
18. The method of claim 16, wherein the optically transparent substrate comprises a glass, plastic, or organic polymer resin.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein the organic first resin layer comprises a para-xylylene polymer.
20. The method of claim 16, wherein the optically transparent substrate comprises a fiber optic plate.
21. The method of claim 16, further comprising forming an optically transparent layer on a surface of the scintillator layer not in contact with the first resin layer.
22. The method of claim 21, wherein the optically transparent layer comprises an organic polymer resin.
23. The method of claim 16, wherein at least one of the first and second photodetectors is a two-dimensional imaging detector.
24. The method of claim 23, wherein the first and second photodetectors are two-dimensional imaging detectors.
25. The method of claim 24, wherein imaging information from said first and second photodetectors is used to provide dual energy information.
26. The method of claim 16, wherein the first and second photodetectors are one-dimensional imaging detectors.
27. The method of claim 26, wherein the first and second photodetectors are oriented along axes not parallel to each other.
28. The method of claim 26, wherein the first and second photodetectors are oriented along axes substantially orthogonal to each other.
29. The method of claim 16, wherein the first photodetector is a two-dimensional imaging photodetector and the second photodetector comprises a single element illuminated by the scintillator layer.
30. The method of claim 29, where the said second photodetector provides energy and time resolution information.
31. A method of making a position-sensitive radiation detection device, comprising:
producing a flexible scintillator detector by forming a first resin coating on a substrate, depositing a scintillator layer on the first resin coating, and removing from the substrate the combination of the first resin coating and the scintillator, thereby producing a flexible scintillator comprising the first resin coating and scintillator layer;
optically coupling a first side of the flexible scintillator detector to a first imaging photodetector; and
optically coupling a second side of the flexible scintillator detector to a second imaging photodetector, wherein at least one of the photodetectors is a position-sensitive photodetector.
32. The method of claim 31, wherein the substrate comprises a material with a low coefficient of friction.
33. The method of claim 31, wherein the scintillator layer comprises microcolumnar CsI(Tl).
34. A method of performing radiation detection, comprising:
providing a radiation detection assembly comprising a radiation detector comprising a flexible scintillator detector comprising a scintillator layer deposited on a first resin layer; and an optically transparent substrate, the detector having a first side and a second side, a first imaging photodetector optically coupled to the first side of the detector, and a second imaging photodetector optically coupled to the second side of the detector, wherein at least one of the photodetectors is a position-sensitive imaging photodetector; and
positioning a target within a field of view of the scintillator as to detect emissions from the target.
35. A radiation detection assembly, comprising:
a radiation detector comprising a flexible scintillator detector comprising a scintillator layer deposited on a first resin layer; and an optically transparent substrate, the detector having a first side and a second side;
a first two-dimensional position-sensitive imaging photodetector optically coupled to the first side of the detector;
a second two-dimensional position-sensitive imaging photodetector optically coupled to the second side of the detector, and
a module to process the dual energy information from said first and second two-dimensional position-sensitive imaging photodetectors to output a tissue characterization image.
36. A method of making a position-sensitive radiation detection device, comprising:
producing a flexible scintillator detector by forming a first resin coating on a substrate, depositing a scintillator layer on the first resin coating, and removing from the substrate the combination of the first resin coating and the scintillator, thereby producing a flexible scintillator comprising the first resin coating and scintillator layer;
optically coupling a first side of the flexible scintillator detector to a first two-dimensional position-sensitive imaging photodetector;
optically coupling a second side of the flexible scintillator detector to a second two-dimensional position-sensitive imaging photodetector, and
processing the dual energy information from said first and second two-dimensional position-sensitive imaging photodetectors to output a tissue characterization image.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A vehicle trunk structure comprising:
a body panel defining a trunk opening and a first wire passage opening;
a trunk lid dimensioned to cover the trunk opening and defining a second wire passage opening;
a four-bar linkage hinge structure pivotally coupling the body panel to the trunk lid for movement of the trunk lid between a closed position where the trunk lid conceals the trunk opening and an open position where the trunk lid exposes the trunk opening; and
a wiring grommet member located inboard of the four-bar linkage hinge structure, the wiring grommet member being attached only to the body panel and trunk lid and free from connection to the four-bar linkage hinge structure and forming a wiring passageway between the first and second wire passage openings, the wiring grommet member including:
a body mounting end attached to the body panel to overlie the first wire passage opening;
a trunk lid mounting end attached to the trunk lid to overlie the second wire passage opening;
a first flexible section extending from the body mounting end;
a second flexible section extending from the trunk lid mounting end; and
a middle section extending between the first and second flexible sections;
wherein the first flexible section and the second flexible section are configured and arranged to bend as the trunk lid moves between the open position and the closed position to prevent contact of the wiring grommet member to the hinge structure.
2. The vehicle trunk structure according to claim 1, wherein
the trunk lid mounting end includes an attachment portion having an oval shape that extends in a first direction with the second flexible section extending from the trunk lid mounting end in a second direction that is angularly offset from first direction.
3. The vehicle trunk structure according to claim 1, wherein
the wiring grommet member is in an extended orientation with trunk lid in the open position relative to the body panel, and
the wiring grommet member is in a coiled orientation with the trunk lid in the closed position relative to the body panel.
4. The vehicle trunk structure according to claim 3, wherein
the wiring grommet member bends to the coiled orientation with the trunk lid in the closed position relative to the body panel without collapsing the wiring passageway.
5. The vehicle trunk structure according to claim 3, wherein
the body mounting end and the trunk lid mounting end are spaced apart from one another with the wiring grommet member in the extended orientation.
6. The vehicle trunk structure according to claim 3, wherein
the body mounting end and the trunk lid mounting end are positioned adjacent to one another with the wiring grommet member in the coiled orientation.
7. The vehicle trunk structure according to claim 1, wherein
the body mounting end, the trunk lid mounting end, the first flexible section, the second flexible section and the middle section are all made as a single unitary homogeneous member.
8. The vehicle trunk structure according to claim 1, wherein
the first flexible section and the second flexible section have a more bendable configuration than the middle section such that the first flexible section and second flexible section are configured and arranged to bend before the middle section
9. The vehicle trunk structure according to claim 9, wherein
the first flexible section has a first overall length, the second flexible section has a second overall length and the middle section has a third overall length such that the first and third overall lengths are each greater than the second overall length.
10. The vehicle trunk structure according to claim 1, wherein
the first flexible section and the second flexible section each include a plurality of annular flexible rings which facilitate bending of the first flexible section and the second flexible section.
11. The vehicle trunk structure according to claim 1, wherein
the first flexible section has a first group of the annular flexible rings and the second flexible section has a second group of the annular flexible rings, the first group being greater in number than the second group.
12. The vehicle trunk structure according to claim 11, wherein
the middle section is free of annular flexible rings.
13. The vehicle trunk structure according to claim 1, wherein
the middle section remains substantially straight while the trunk lid is moved from the open position to the closed position.
14. A vehicle trunk structure comprising:
a body panel defining a trunk opening and a first wire passage opening;
a trunk lid dimensioned to cover the trunk opening and defining a second wire passage opening;
a hinge structure pivotally coupling the body panel to the trunk lid for movement of the trunk lid between a closed position where the trunk lid conceals the trunk opening and an open position where the trunk lid exposes the trunk opening; and
a wiring grommet member located inboard of the hinge structure, the wiring grommet member being attached only to the body panel and trunk lid and free from connection to the hinge structure and forming a wiring passageway between the first and second wire passage openings, the wiring grommet member including:
a first attachment part attached to one of the body panel and the trunk lid to overlie the corresponding one of the first and second wire passage openings;
a second attachment part attached to the other of the body panel and the trunk lid to overlie the corresponding other of the first and second wire passage openings;
a first transition part extending away from the first attachment part in a direction that defines an acute angle relative to the one of the body panel and the trunk lid;
a second transition part extending away from the second attachment part in a direction that defines an acute angle relative to the other of the body panel and the trunk lid; and
a flexible portion extending between the first transition part and the second transition part;
wherein the flexible portion is configured and arranged to bend as the trunk lid moves between the open position and the closed position to prevent contact of the wiring grommet member to the hinge structure.
15. The vehicle trunk structure according to claim 14, wherein
the flexible portion includes:
a first flexible section that extends from the first transition part;
a second flexible section that extends from the second transition part; and
a middle section that extends between the first and second flexible sections.
16. The vehicle trunk structure according to claim 15, wherein
the first flexible section and the second flexible section have a more bendable configuration than the middle section such that the first flexible section and second flexible section are configured and arranged to bend before the middle section
17. The vehicle trunk structure according to claim 15, wherein
the first flexible section has a first group of the annular flexible rings and the second flexible section has a second group of the annular flexible rings, the first group being greater in number than the second group.
18. The vehicle trunk structure according to claim 17, wherein
the middle section is free of annular flexible rings.