Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Compton camera
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Application No.: US15027765Application Date: 2014-09-26
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Publication No.: US09939535B2Publication Date: 2018-04-10
- Inventor: Jun Kataoka , Toru Nishiyama , Shinji Ohsuka , Michito Hirayanagi , Shunsuke Adachi , Tetsuya Uchiyama
- Applicant: WASEDA UNIVERSITY , HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
- Applicant Address: JP Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo JP Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka
- Assignee: WASEDA UNIVERSITY,HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
- Current Assignee: WASEDA UNIVERSITY,HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo JP Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka
- Agency: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- Priority: JP2013-212844 20131010
- International Application: PCT/JP2014/075715 WO 20140926
- International Announcement: WO2015/053098 WO 20150416
- Main IPC: G01T1/24
- IPC: G01T1/24 ; G01T1/20

Abstract:
A Compton camera includes a scattering detection unit, an absorption detection unit, a signal processing unit, a first shield unit, and a second shield unit. The scattering detection unit detects Compton scattering of incident radiation emitted from a radiation source. The absorption detection unit detects absorption of incident radiation that has undergone Compton scattering at the scattering detection unit. The signal processing unit obtains an image of the radiation source based on coincident detection events of Compton scattering of radiation at the scattering detection unit and absorption of radiation at the absorption detection unit. The first and second shield units are provided between the scattering detection unit and the absorption detection unit. The first shield unit selectively allows forward-scattered radiation to pass and selectively blocks back-scattered radiation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160238719A1 COMPTON CAMERA Public/Granted day:2016-08-18
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