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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2001
Alessandro Soluri, Rome, IT;
Raffaele Scafe', Anguillara S., IT;
Nunzio Burgio, Rome, IT;
Alfiero Schiaratura, Rome, IT;
C.N.R.-Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Rome, IT;
Abstract
A miniaturized scintigraphic device comprising a collimator ( ), internally having a multiplicity of equal conduits ( ) of determined length, identified and separated by septa ( ) of minimum thickness in relation to the energy of the radiation, terminating in a common end plane ( ) on the side opposite to the source of the event to be measured, comprising a scintillation crystal structure ( ) and at least a photomultiplier ( ), in which the scintillation crystal structure is constituted by a multiplicity of individual crystals ( ) with polygonal section, each integrally integrated in proximity to the end, oriented towards the photomultiplier ( ), of each conduit ( ) of the collimator ( ), having conforming polygonal section, and arranged in such a way that all the base faces ( ) of the crystals ( ) oriented towards the photomultiplier ( ) are mutually coplanar and lying on a plane parallel to said common end plane ( ) of the collimator ( ).