Positron-emission tomography detector systems based on low-density liquid scintillators and precise time-resolving photodetectors
Abstract
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.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1531371
- Patent Number(s):
- 10132942
- Application Number:
- 15/553,275
- Assignee:
- The University of Chicago (Chicago, IL); Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, NY)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61B - DIAGNOSIS
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-98CH10886; PHY-1066014; SC0008172; SC0012704
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2016-04-08
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Frisch, Henry J., Oberla, Eric J., Kim, Hee -Jong, and Yeh, Minfang. Positron-emission tomography detector systems based on low-density liquid scintillators and precise time-resolving photodetectors. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web.
Frisch, Henry J., Oberla, Eric J., Kim, Hee -Jong, & Yeh, Minfang. Positron-emission tomography detector systems based on low-density liquid scintillators and precise time-resolving photodetectors. United States.
Frisch, Henry J., Oberla, Eric J., Kim, Hee -Jong, and Yeh, Minfang. Tue .
"Positron-emission tomography detector systems based on low-density liquid scintillators and precise time-resolving photodetectors". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1531371.
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abstractNote = {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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