Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multiple scintillation detector array imaging apparatus and method of use thereof
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Application No.: US15240974Application Date: 2016-08-18
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Publication No.: US10684380B2Publication Date: 2020-06-16
- Inventor: W. Davis Lee , Mark R. Amato
- Applicant: W. Davis Lee , Mark R. Amato
- Agent Kevin Hazen
- Main IPC: G01T1/00
- IPC: G01T1/00 ; G01T1/29 ; A61B6/00 ; A61N5/10 ; A61B6/03 ; G21K5/04 ; G21K1/093 ; A61B6/04

Abstract:
Generally, a method or apparatus for tomographically imaging a sample, such as a tumor of a patient, using positively charged particles positions n two-dimensional detector arrays on n surfaces of a scintillation material or scintillator, respectively. Resultant from energy transfer from the positively charged particles, secondary photons are emitted from the scintillation material and detected by the plurality of two-dimensional detector arrays, where each detector array images the scintillation material. Combining signals from the plurality of two-dimensional detector arrays, the path, position, energy, and/or state of the positively charged particle beam as a function of time and/or rotation of the patient relative to the positively charged particle beam is determined and used in tomographic reconstruction of an image of the sample or the tumor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160354045A1 MULTIPLE SCINTILLATION DETECTOR ARRAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF Public/Granted day:2016-12-08
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