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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2014
Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL (US);
Fermi Research Alliance, Llc, Batavia, IL (US);
University of Wollongong, Wollongong, AU;
Nicholas Karonis, West Chicago, IL (US);
George Coutrakon, Redlands, CA (US);
Kirk Duffin, Dekalb, IL (US);
Bela Erdelyi, Romeoville, IL (US);
Kevin Naglich, Elgin, IL (US);
Scott Penfold, Adelaide, AU;
Paul Rubinov, Batavia, IL (US);
Victor Rykalin, Aurora, IL (US);
Vishnu Zutshi, Dekalb, IL (US);
Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL (US);
Fermi Research Alliance, LLC, Batavia, IL (US);
University of Wollongong, New South Wales, AU;
Abstract
A proton computed tomography (pCT) detector system, including two tracking detectors in sequence on a first side of an object to be imaged, two tracking detectors in sequence on an opposite side of the object to be imaged, a calorimeter, and a computer cluster, wherein the tracking detectors include plastic scintillation fibers. All fibers in the detector system are read out by Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPM). A method of imaging an object by emitting protons from a source through two tracking detectors, through and around the object, and through two opposite tracking detectors, detecting energy of the protons with a calorimeter, and imaging the object.