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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sebastian Genna, Belmont, MA (US);
Andrew P Smith, Medford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Digital Scintigraphics, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250368 ; 25036304 ; 250366 ;
Abstract
A scintillation camera having scintillation material which emits light in response to absorbed radiation, an array of photodetectors for detecting the emitted light, and a segmented light pipe which conducts the emitted light to the photodetectors. The light pipe includes a plurality of segments which intersect with adjacent segments at an angle and define planar faces which are optically coupled to the photodetectors.