High resolution scintillation detector with semiconductor readout

Patent · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2000

OSTI ID:873221

Levin, Craig S ^[1]; Hoffman, Edward J ^[2]

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1. Santa Monica, CA
2. Los Angeles, CA

A novel high resolution scintillation detector array for use in radiation imaging such as high resolution Positron Emission Tomography (PET) which comprises one or more parallelepiped crystals with at least one long surface of each crystal being in intimate contact with a semiconductor photodetector such that photons generated within each crystal by gamma radiation passing therethrough is detected by the photodetector paired therewith.

• Research Organization: Univ. of California (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FC03-87ER60615
• Assignee: Regents of University of California (Oakland, CA)
• Patent Number(s): US 6114703
• OSTI ID: 873221
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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