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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2016
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (US);
Brookhaven Science Associates, Llc, Upton, NY (US);
Henry J. Frisch, Chicago, IL (US);
Eric J. Oberla, Chicago, IL (US);
Hee-Jong Kim, Naperville, IL (US);
Minfang Yeh, Stony Brook, NY (US);
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (US);
Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC, Upton, NY (US);
Abstract
TOF-PET detector systems, and methods for imaging photon-emitting samples using the detector systems, are provided. The TOF-PET detector systems use large-area photodetectors with extremely high time-resolution and an approach to data collection and analysis that allows for the use of inexpensive low-density scintillator materials. The TOF-PET detector systems are characterized by their ability to identify, on a statistical basis, the transverse and depth location of the first of the series of energy deposition events that are generated when a gamma photon enters the low-density scintillator material.