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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Simon R Cherry, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Yiping Shao, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Stefan B Siegel, Reseda, CA (US);
Robert W Silverman, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T / ; G01T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250368 ; 25036303 ; 250367 ; 250369 ;
Abstract
A gamma ray detection and locating system comprising an array of scintillator crystals connected to a multichannel photomultiplier tube by discrete optical fibers, each fiber connecting a single crystal to a corresponding specific location on the face of the photomultiplier tube. Also described is an improved system for identifying the location of specific electrodes in the photomultiplier tube receiving electrons generated by photons flowing from the crystal along the fiber to the tube.