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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
May. 16, 2008
Scott Stephen Zelakiewicz, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Jeffrey Seymour Gordon, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Scott Stephen Zelakiewicz, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Jeffrey Seymour Gordon, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Morpho Detection, Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Abstract
A coded aperture includes a position sensitive detector configured to observe the location of emitted high energy radiation, and a mask disposed in front of the position sensitive detector, wherein the mask has a non-linear shape configured to define a perimeter around position sensitive detector, wherein the mask comprises a plurality of attenuating and transparent elements of a predetermined configuration, positioned such that the emitted radiation is detected by the position sensitive detector after passage through the mask.