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

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1531371
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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.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-98CH10886; PHY-1066014; SC0008172; SC0012704
Assignee:
The University of Chicago (Chicago, IL); Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, NY)
Patent Number(s):
10,132,942
Application Number:
15/553,275
OSTI ID:
1531371
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2016-04-08
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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