Nuclear imaging system using rotating scintillation bar...

Details Nuclear imaging system using rotating scintillation bar... Nuclear imaging system using rotating scintillation bar...

2008-01-29

2008-01-29

Porta, David (Department: 2884)

Radiant energy

Invisible radiant energy responsive electric signalling

With or including a luminophor

Reexamination Certificate

active

10879902

ABSTRACT:
A gamma camera having a scintillation detector formed of multiple rotating bar detector modules arranged in a ring configuration, with synchronized spin motion of each module. Such a camera can be used for both PET (coincidence) and single photon imaging applications. Image reconstruction is obtained using either an inverse 3-D Radon transform or a 3-D fan-beam algorithm.

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