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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2009
Applicants:
Suleman Surti, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Joel S. Karp, Glenside, PA (US);
Inventors:
Suleman Surti, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Joel S. Karp, Glenside, PA (US);
Assignee:
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/00 (2006.01); G01T 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Provided are time-of-flight positron emission tomography devices comprising a detector array having at least two segments configured to accommodate a body part and to acquire tracer emission signals from a target within an imaging situs with a timing resolution of less than about 600 ps and a processor that receives the acquired signals from the detector array and converts the signals into a three dimensional image reconstruction of the target.