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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1999
Risto O. Orava, Helsinki, FI;
Jouni I. Pyyhtiä, Vantaa, FI;
Tom G. Schulman, Masala, FI;
Miltiadis E. Sarakinos, Geneva, CH;
Konstantinos E. Spartiotis, Espoo, FI;
Simage Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
A method of autoradiography imaging includes steps of: (a) forming a subject having at least first and second markers, each marker providing radiation having a characteristic energy distribution; (b) detecting radiation from the marked subject using a semiconductor radiation detector having an array of cells, each cell recording a charge value dependent on the energy of incident radiation; (c) processing the output from the cells including discriminating charge values within at least two charge value ranges and allocating a display color value to each pixel cell position in the array dependent upon the recorded charge value; and (d) forming an image for display with individual cell positions having a color representative of the color values. The method enables multiple label or multiple marker imaging in autoradiography to be performed by energy discriminating imaging, thus enhancing experimental accuracy and reproducibility.