Ruggedized tool and detector device
A tool comprising a tool body having an opening defined by interior walls extending into the tool body and a casing disposed within the opening. The tool further includes a scintillator material disposed within the casing and a first compressive member disposed within the tool body at a first axial location. The first axial location extends for a fraction of a total axial length of the casing and exerts a first radially compressive force at the first axial location.
1. A tool comprising:
a tool body having an opening defined by interior walls extending into the tool body;
a casing disposed within the opening, wherein the casing is an outer housing;
a detector housing disposed within the outer housing;
a scintillator material disposed within the detector housing; and
a first compressive member disposed within the tool body at a first axial location and a second compressive member disposed within the tool body at a second axial location, wherein:
the first axial location extends for a fraction of a total axial length of the casing, and the first compressive member exerts a first radially compressive force at the first axial location, and
the second axial location extends for a fraction of a total axial length of the casing, and the second compressive member exerts a second radially compressive force at the second axial location.
2. The tool of claim 1 , wherein the first compressive member directly contacts the interior walls of the tool body.
3. The tool of claim 1 , wherein the second compressive member directly contacts the interior walls of the tool body.
4. The tool of claim 1 , wherein the first compressive member directly contacts exterior surfaces of the outer housing.
5. The tool of claim 1 , wherein the first compressive member is spaced apart from the second compressive member.
6. The tool of claim 1 , wherein the second compressive member directly contacts exterior surfaces of the outer housing.
7. The tool of claim 1 , wherein the first compressive member is contained within the interior of the detector housing.
8. The tool of claim 1 , wherein the first compressive member directly contacts interior surfaces of the detector housing.
9. A detector comprising:
a photosensor housing;
a photosensor disposed within the photosensor housing; and
a first compressive member disposed between the photosensor housing and the photosensor at a first axial location and a second compressive member disposed between the photosensor housing and the photosensor at a second axial location, wherein:
the first axial location extends for a fraction of a total axial length of the photosensor housing and a fraction of a total axial length of the photosensor, and the first compressive member exerts a first compressive force around an entire peripheral side surface of the photosensor at the first axial location, and
the second axial location extends for a fraction of a total axial length of the photosensor housing and a fraction of a total axial length of the photosensor, and the second compressive member exerts a second radially compressive force on the photosensor at the second axial location.
10. The detector of claim 9 , wherein a spacer is disposed between the first compressive member and the second compressive member.
11. The detector of claim 9 , wherein the second compressive member exerts a second compressive force around the entire peripheral surface of the photosensor at the second axial location.
12. The detector of claim 9 , wherein the first compressive force is different than the second compressive force.
13. The detector of claim 9 , wherein the first compressive member is disposed within a recess.
14. A detector comprising:
a detector housing;
a scintillator material disposed within the detector housing; and
a first compressive member disposed between the detector housing and the scintillator material at a first axial location and a second compressive member disposed between the detector housing and the scintillator material at a second axial location axially spaced apart from the first axial location, wherein:
the first axial location extends for a fraction of a total axial length of the detector housing and a fraction of a total axial length of the scintillator material, and the first compressive member exerts a first compressive force around a peripheral side surface of the scintillator material at the first axial location, and
the second axial location extends for a fraction of the total axial length of the detector housing and a fraction of the total axial length of the scintillator crystal.
15. The detector of claim 14 , wherein the scintillator material has an elongated body having a longitudinal axis defining a length of the elongated body and intersecting a first end and a second end, the elongated body further including a lateral axis bisecting the length of the elongated body and intersecting the peripheral side surface extending between the first and second ends.
16. The detector of claim 15 , wherein the elongated body is a cylindrical body having a length extending along the longitudinal axis between the first end and the second end, and a diameter extending along the lateral axis, wherein the length>diameter.
17. The detector of claim 14 , wherein the scintillator material comprises CsF, NaI, LaCl 3 , LaBr 3 , BGO, CaF 2 , LYSO, LSO, CsI, LuI 3 , GSO, CLYC, CNLI, CLLB, LuAP, LuYAP, LuAG, LPS, GdI 3 , SrI 2 , LGSO, GYSO, LGYSO, or a combination thereof.
18. The detector of claim 14 , wherein the second compressive member exerts a second compressive force around the entire peripheral surface of the scintillator material at the second axial location.
19. The detector of claim 18 , wherein the first compressive force is greater than the second compressive force.
20. The detector of claim 14 , wherein the first compressive member comprises a width, as measured through a cross-section of a body of the first compressive member, greater than a width of the second compressive member.