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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2011
William K. Mccroskey, Solon, OH (US);
Timothy W. Milliff, Montville, OH (US);
William D. Dickinson, Northfield, OH (US);
William K. McCroskey, Solon, OH (US);
Timothy W. Milliff, Montville, OH (US);
William D. Dickinson, Northfield, OH (US);
FMI Technologies, Inc., Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A slab detector for PET and/or SPECT imaging comprising a scintillation crystal slab and a plurality of photoconverters each in optical communication with a surface of the scintillation crystal. In some embodiments, the plurality of photoconverters define a two dimensional array, wherein each photoconverter abuts adjacent photoconverters. Furthermore, according to some embodiments a plurality of slab detectors can be juxtaposed with one another so that their slab crystals abut edgewise.