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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2017
The Research Foundation for the State University of New York, Binghamton, NY (US);
The Research Foundation for the State University of New York, Syracuse, NY (US);
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY (US);
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (US);
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (US);
Steve Czarnecki, Apalachin, NY (US);
Andrzej Krol, Fayetteveille, NY (US);
Krishna Mandal, Columbia, SC (US);
Mark D. Poliks, Vestal, NY (US);
C. Ross Schmidtlein, New York, NY (US);
Michael Thompson, Ithaca, NY (US);
James Turner, Vestal, NY (US);
The Research Foundation for the State University of New York, Binghamton, NY (US);
The Research Foundation for the State University of New York, Syracuse, NY (US);
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (US);
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (US);
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for imaging gamma- and x-ray, and charged particles sources employing a three dimensional array of scintillation elements arranged surrounding an emission source. According to a preferred embodiment, each element of the array comprises a scintillator element, a solid-state photon detector, and processing electronics to output an electronic signal. The elements may be efficiently packed in both the X-Y plane and stacked in the Z-axis, to provide depth of interaction information. The elements of the array are preferably hierarchically arranged with control electronics provided together for subarray modules (e.g., an n×m×1 module), and synchronization electronics provided at a larger scale. The modules preferably communicate with a control system through a shared addressable packet switched digital communication network with a control and imaging system, and receive control information from that system through the network.