Combined PET/MRI scanner
- Bellport, NY
- Setauket, NY
- Miller Place, NY
- Sound Beach, NY
- Wading River, NY
- Stony Brook, NY
A combined PET/MRI scanner generally includes a magnet for producing a magnetic field suitable for magnetic resonance imaging, a radiofrequency (RF) coil disposed within the magnetic field produced by the magnet and a ring tomograph disposed within the magnetic field produced by the magnet. The ring tomograph includes a scintillator layer for outputting at least one photon in response to an annihilation event, a detection array coupled to the scintillator layer for detecting the at least one photon outputted by the scintillator layer and for outputting a detection signal in response to the detected photon and a front-end electronic array coupled to the detection array for receiving the detection signal, wherein the front-end array has a preamplifier and a shaper network for conditioning the detection signal.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-98CH10886
- Assignee:
- Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, NY)
- Patent Number(s):
- 7,286,867
- Application Number:
- 10/966,412
- OSTI ID:
- 919067
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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