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Modelling of ToF-DOI detector arrays

US9335425B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

Peter Michael DUEPPENBECKER · Herzogenaurach, DE
Torsten Solf · Aachen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 12, 2012
Grant date	May 10, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 18, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B6/037
WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention is directed to several crystal arrangements for time-of-flight (ToF) positron emission tomography (PET) with depth of interaction (DOI) encoding for high spatial, energy and timing resolution. Additionally, several implementations of the ToF-DOI PET detector arrays are proposed with related measurements which all show that no timing degradation is visible in the used setup for first photon trigger for digital silicon photo multipliers (dSiPMs).

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