Apparatus and method for breast cancer imaging
US6552348B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 14, 2000 |
| Grant date | Apr 22, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 14, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB33Y80/00
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A detector for use in a dedicated PET scanner for cancer applications, particularly breast cancer applications, using a LSO scintillator, a lightguide coupling arrangement, and an efficient way to construct the scintillator array, which provides a flexible imaging system for breast cancer applications with high sensitivity and high spatial resolution in a compact, cost effective, design.
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