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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2016
University of Virginia Patent Foundation, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Stuart S. Berr, Crozet, VA (US);
Stanislaw Majewski, Morgantown, WA (US);
JosE Maria Benlloch Baviera, Valencia, ES;
Antonio Javier Gonzalez Martinez, Valencia, ES;
University of Virginia Patent Foundation, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Abstract
A positron emission tomography (PET) assembly includes an annular housing and an annular scintillator disposed within the annular housing. The annular scintillator includes an annular, substantially continuous crystal scintillator tube configured to absorb ionizing radiation and to emit light energy. A plurality of photo detectors are annularly disposed around the annular scintillator within the annular housing and configured to detect the emitted light energy.