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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2005
Timothy Hanson Olden, Nashua, NH (US);
Dale John Martin, Lunenburg, MA (US);
Thomas Christopher John Sefranek, Shirley, MA (US);
Gordon Allan Lapoint, Leominster, MA (US);
Hugh Adam Stoddart, Harvard, MA (US);
Hugh Franklin Stoddart, Groton, MA (US);
Timothy Hanson Olden, Nashua, NH (US);
Dale John Martin, Lunenburg, MA (US);
Thomas Christopher John Sefranek, Shirley, MA (US);
Gordon Allan LaPoint, Leominster, MA (US);
Hugh Adam Stoddart, Harvard, MA (US);
Hugh Franklin Stoddart, Groton, MA (US);
Neurophysics Corporation, Shirley, MA (US);
Abstract
A collimator, and in particular a method for making a collimator for use with a small high resolution single-photon emission computed tomographic (SPECT) imaging tool for small animal research. The collimator is sized, both functionally and structurally, particularly smaller than known collimators and appropriately scaled to achieve a highly sensitive collimator which facilitates desired reconstruction resolutions for small animals, as well as compliments other functional imaging modalities such as positron emission tomography (PET), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), electroencephalography (EEG), and event-related potential (ERP), magneto-encephalography (MEG), and near-infrared optical imaging.