Gamma ray camera method and apparatus
US5521386A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 9, 1995 |
| Grant date | May 28, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 9, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01T1/28
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A gamma ray imaging camera system and method for using it are described which in representative embodiments include a gamma ray collimator, a scintillator adjacent the collimator for converting gamma photons into visible photons, a low level visible photon detector including at least two optically coupled inverter tubes, a high-speed lens for imaging the visible photons onto the detector, a video imager for receiving, recording and storing sequential images of the visible photons defining the detector output, and a programmed computer for processing the images and determining the spatial distribution of the images.
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