The present invention is a directed to a non-pixelated scintillator array
for a CT detector as well as an apparatus and method of manufacturing
same. The scintillator array is comprised of a number of ceramic fibers
or single crystal fibers that are aligned in parallel with respect to one
another. As a result, the pack has very high dose efficiency.
Furthermore, each fiber is designed to direct light out to a photodiode
with very low scattering loss. The fiber size (cross-sectional diameter)
may be controlled such that smaller fibers may be fabricated for higher
resolution applications. Moreover, because the fiber size can be
controlled to be consistent throughout the scintillator array and the
fibers are aligned in parallel with one another, the scintillator array,
as a whole, also is uniform. Therefore, precise alignment with the
photodiode array or the collimator assembly is not necessary.