Scintillation camera for establishing the coordinates of a radiation stimuli produced by a radiation field
US4060730A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 6, 1974 |
| Grant date | Nov 29, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 6, 1994 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01T1/1642
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A scintillation camera has a planar scintillating crystal that produces light events whose spatial distribution corresponds to the spatial distribution of the radiation stimuli causing such events, and a plurality of photomultipliers having photocathodes for receiving light from the crystal through a planar face thereof. Computing circuitry coupled to the photomultipliers computes the projection of a light event in the crystal on a reference axis by forming an analytical function of the outputs of the photomultipliers according to the spatial location of the light event in the crystal.
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