The State University of New York

Cornell University

Medical University of South Carolina

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Steve Czarnecki

Mark David Poliks

Michael O Thompson

James N Turner

Andrzej Krol

Krishna Mandal

C Ross Schmidtlein

A system and method for imaging gamma- and x-ray, and charged particles sources employing a three dimensional array of scintillation elements arranged surrounding an emission source. According to a preferred embodiment, each element of the array comprises a scintillator element, a solid-state photon detector, and processing electronics to output an electronic signal. The elements may be efficiently packed in both the X-Y plane and stacked in the Z-axis, to provide depth of interaction information. The elements of the array are preferably hierarchically arranged with control electronics provided together for subarray modules (e.g., an n&#xd7;m&#xd7;1 module), and synchronization electronics provided at a larger scale. The modules preferably communicate with a control system through a shared addressable packet switched digital communication network with a control and imaging system, and receive control information from that system through the network.

Autonomous gamma, X-ray, and particle detector

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Apalachin, NY, United States of America

Steve Czarnecki