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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Simon R. Cherry, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Johannes Czernin, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);
Niraj K. Doshi, Rosemead, CA (US);
Yiping Shao, North Hollywood, CA (US);
Robert W. Silverman, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/164 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/164 ;
Abstract
A detector for use in a dedicated PET scanner for cancer applications, particularly breast cancer applications, using a LSO scintillator, a lightguide coupling arrangement, and an efficient way to construct the scintillator array, which provides a flexible imaging system for breast cancer applications with high sensitivity and high spatial resolution in a compact, cost effective, design.