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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sebastian Genna, Belmont, MA (US);
Assignee:
Digital Scintigraphics, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/202 ; G01T 1/161 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/202 ; G01T 1/161 ;
Abstract
A scintillation camera crystal includes a plurality of light scattering holes in the crystal extending toward the photosensor and communicating with at least one surface of the crystal, the crystal is formed from a first material and the holes include a second material differing from the first material for deflecting the light generated by the scintillation crystal in response to incident gamma rays and reducing the spread of the generated light.