High resolution scintillation detector with semiconductor readout
US6114703A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 21, 1997 |
| Grant date | Sep 5, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 21, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B6/037
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A novel high resolution scintillation detector array for use in radiation imaging such as high resolution Positron Emission Tomography (PET) which comprises one or more parallelepiped crystals with at least one long surface of each crystal being in intimate contact with a semiconductor photodetector such that photons generated within each crystal by gamma radiation passing therethrough is detected by the photodetector paired therewith.
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