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Gamma-camera utilizing the interaction depth in a detector

US8013308B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES · FR

Inventors

Lucie Guerin · Caen, FR
Veronique Rebuffel · Meylan, FR
Loick Verger · Grenoble, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 20, 2006
Grant date	Sep 6, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 20, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01T1/2928
WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method for reconstructing an image of a source (S) of photons from interactions of photons emitted by this source with a detector (2) of a gamma-camera, positioned behind a collimator (4), the method including associating with each photon interaction with the detector, a piece of information relating to the depth in the detector, of this interaction, and reconstructing an image of the source (S) of photons from said depth information in the detector.

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