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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2014
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Pedro Jorge Da Silva Rodrigues, Veldhoven, NL;
Andreia Maria Araujo Trindade Rodrigues, Veldhoven, NL;
Herfried Karl Wieczorek, Aachen, DE;
Gereon Vogtmeier, Aachen, DE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A multimodal imaging apparatus () including scintillator elements () for capturing incident gamma quanta () and for emitting scintillation photons () in response to said captured gamma quanta (). Photosensitive elements () capture the emitted scintillation photons () and determine a spatial distribution of the scintillation photons. The imaging apparatus () is configured to be switched between a first operation mode for detecting low energy gamma quanta and a second operation mode for detecting high energy gamma quanta. The scintillator elements are arranged to capture incident gamma quanta () from the same area of interest () in both operation modes. The scintillator elements () include a first region with high energy scintillator elements () for capturing high energy gamma quanta and a second region with low energy scintillator elements () for capturing low energy gamma quanta. A positioning mechanism () changes the orientation of the scintillator elements (), in particular for tilting the scintillator elements (), to switch between operation modes.