Flat scintillation gamma camera, with very high spatial resolution, with modular structure
US6232605A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 22, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 15, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 22, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B6/4258
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The gamma camera, able to be developed in areas of any size and unlimited, presents such a thickness as to be considered flat and of minimal bulk and it can be assembled in individual modules to be attached one to the other solving the problem of dead zones between individual PSPMTS, with values of intrinsic spatial resolution in the order of 1 mm. The application of the present invention may range from the medical field (PET, SPECT, SPEM, PEM, etc.) to employment in astrophysics.
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