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High performance computing for three dimensional proton computed tomography (HPC-pCT)

US9140810B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University · US
Fermi Research Alliance, LLC · US
UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG · AU

Inventors

Nicholas Karonis · West Chicago, US
George Coutrakon · Redlands, US
Kirk Duffin · DeKalb, US
Bela Erdelyi · Romeoville, US
Kevin Naglich · Elgin, US
Scott Penfold · Adelaide, AU
Paul Rubinov · Batavia, US
Victor Rykalin · Naperville, US
Vishnu Zutshi · DeKalb, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 30, 2014
Grant date	Sep 22, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 30, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01T1/201
WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A proton computed tomography (pCT) detector system, including two tracking detectors in sequence on a first side of an object to be imaged, two tracking detectors in sequence on an opposite side of the object to be imaged, a calorimeter, and a computer cluster, wherein the tracking detectors include plastic scintillation fibers. All fibers in the detector system are read out by Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPM). A method of imaging an object by emitting protons from a source through two tracking detectors, through and around the object, and through two opposite tracking detectors, detecting energy of the protons with a calorimeter, and imaging the object.

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