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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerd Muehllehner, Wayne, PA (US);
Michael Geagan, Wayne, PA (US);
Assignee:
UGM Laboratory, Inc., Philadelphia, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T / ; G01T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
25036303 ; 250366 ; 250367 ;
Abstract
In the present invention, a tomographic emission scanner has a detection chamber with an axial center line and an axial periphery, and a plurality of single element emission detector units are positioned around the axial periphery of the detection chamber. Each detector unit includes a single detecting element having a detection face oriented toward the detection chamber. The detection face of each detecting element is curved along the axial periphery of the detection chamber.