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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2004
David Schlyer, Bellport, NY (US);
Craig L. Woody, Setauket, NY (US);
William Rooney, Miller Place, NY (US);
Paul Vaska, Sound Beach, NY (US);
Sean Stoll, Wading River, NY (US);
Jean-francois Pratte, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Paul O'connor, Bellport, NY (US);
David Schlyer, Bellport, NY (US);
Craig L. Woody, Setauket, NY (US);
William Rooney, Miller Place, NY (US);
Paul Vaska, Sound Beach, NY (US);
Sean Stoll, Wading River, NY (US);
Jean-Francois Pratte, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Paul O'Connor, Bellport, NY (US);
Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC, Upton, NY (US);
Abstract
A combined PET/MRI scanner generally includes a magnet for producing a magnetic field suitable for magnetic resonance imaging, a radiofrequency (RF) coil disposed within the magnetic field produced by the magnet and a ring tomograph disposed within the magnetic field produced by the magnet. The ring tomograph includes a scintillator layer for outputting at least one photon in response to an annihilation event, a detection array coupled to the scintillator layer for detecting the at least one photon outputted by the scintillator layer and for outputting a detection signal in response to the detected photon and a front-end electronic array coupled to the detection array for receiving the detection signal, wherein the front-end array has a preamplifier and a shaper network for conditioning the detection signal.