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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2012
Gin Chung Wang, Grayslake, IL (US);
Kent C. Burr, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Huini Du, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Jerry Wang, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Gin Chung Wang, Grayslake, IL (US);
Kent C. Burr, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Huini Du, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Jerry Wang, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-shi, JP;
Abstract
A method of arranging detector modules within a gamma ray detector apparatus, each detector module including an array of scintillation crystals to convert light into electrical signals, the light being generated in response to incident gamma rays generated by an annihilation event, the method including obtaining performance information of each of the detector modules, and determining a relative location for each of the detector modules within the gamma ray detector based on the obtained performance information of the detector modules.