Positron-emission tomography detector systems based on low-density liquid scintillators and precise time-resolving photodetectors

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10132942
APP PUB NO 20180038968A1
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15553275

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TOF-PET detector systems, and methods for imaging photon-emitting samples using the detector systems, are provided. The TOF-PET detector systems use large-area photodetectors with extremely high time-resolution and an approach to data collection and analysis that allows for the use of inexpensive low-density scintillator materials. The TOF-PET detector systems are characterized by their ability to identify, on a statistical basis, the transverse and depth location of the first of the series of energy deposition events that are generated when a gamma photon enters the low-density scintillator material.

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  • THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO; BROOKHAVEN SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, LLC

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Frisch, Henry J Chicago, US 9 26
Kim, Hee-Jong Naperville, US 11 71
Oberla, Eric J Chicago, US 3 15
Yeh, Minfang Stony Brook, US 2 11

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