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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2021
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (US);
Henry J. Frisch, Chicago, IL (US);
Evan Angelico, San Marcos, CA (US);
Patrick J. La Riviere, Chicago, IL (US);
Bernhard W. Adams, Naperville, IL (US);
Eric Spieglan, Lisle, IL (US);
Joao F. Shida, Sao Paulo, BR;
Andrey Elagin, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Kepler Domurat-Sousa, East Lansing, MI (US);
Allison H. Squires, Chicago, IL (US);
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Gamma-ray detectors for the detection of one or more gamma-rays are provided. Also provided are methods of using the detectors for the detection of one or more gamma-rays. The detectors can be used in high-spatial resolution PET systems, including time-of-flight (TOF)-PET systems. Some of the gamma-ray detectors utilize fluors and an optical imaging system to determine the time and location of a first scattering event of a gamma-ray in a low atomic number scintillating medium. Some of the gamma-ray detectors determine the time and location of a first scattering event of a gamma-ray in a low-density scintillating medium by imaging scintillation photons from the scattering event as a time-series of photon 'rings' using a planar pixelated photodetector as a scintillation photon counter.