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Title: Compact, high-resolution, gamma ray imaging for scintimammography and other medical diagostic applications

Abstract

A high resolution gamma ray imaging device includes an aluminum housing, a lead screen collimator at an opened end of the housing, a crystal scintillator array mounted behind the lead screen collimator, a foam layer between the lead screen collimator and the crystal scintillator array, a photomultiplier window coupled to the crystal with optical coupling grease, a photomultiplier having a dynode chain body and a base voltage divider with anodes, anode wire amplifiers each connected to four anodes and a multi pin connector having pin connections to each anode wire amplifier. In one embodiment the crystal scintillator array includes a yttrium aluminum perovskite (YAP) crystal array. In an alternate embodiment, the crystal scintillator array includes a gadolinium oxyorthosilicate (GSO) crystal array.

Inventors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Grafton, VA
  2. Yorktown, VA
  3. Williamsburg, VA
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Southeastern Universities Research Associations (SURA), Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
872116
Patent Number(s):
US 5864141
Assignee:
Southeastern Univ. Research Assn. (Newport News, VA)
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-84ER40150
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
compact; high-resolution; gamma; ray; imaging; scintimammography; medical; diagostic; applications; resolution; device; aluminum; housing; lead; screen; collimator; crystal; scintillator; array; mounted; foam; layer; photomultiplier; window; coupled; optical; coupling; grease; dynode; chain; base; voltage; divider; anodes; anode; wire; amplifiers; connected; multi; connector; connections; amplifier; embodiment; yttrium; perovskite; yap; alternate; gadolinium; oxyorthosilicate; gso; ray imaging; imaging device; gamma ray; alternate embodiment; anode wire; voltage divider; resolution gamma; optical coupling; yttrium aluminum; solution gamma; /250/47/

Citation Formats

Majewski, Stanislaw, Weisenberger, Andrew G, Wojcik, Randolph F, and Steinbach, Daniela. Compact, high-resolution, gamma ray imaging for scintimammography and other medical diagostic applications. United States: N. p., 1999. Web.
Majewski, Stanislaw, Weisenberger, Andrew G, Wojcik, Randolph F, & Steinbach, Daniela. Compact, high-resolution, gamma ray imaging for scintimammography and other medical diagostic applications. United States.
Majewski, Stanislaw, Weisenberger, Andrew G, Wojcik, Randolph F, and Steinbach, Daniela. 1999. "Compact, high-resolution, gamma ray imaging for scintimammography and other medical diagostic applications". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/872116.
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title = {Compact, high-resolution, gamma ray imaging for scintimammography and other medical diagostic applications},
author = {Majewski, Stanislaw and Weisenberger, Andrew G and Wojcik, Randolph F and Steinbach, Daniela},
abstractNote = {A high resolution gamma ray imaging device includes an aluminum housing, a lead screen collimator at an opened end of the housing, a crystal scintillator array mounted behind the lead screen collimator, a foam layer between the lead screen collimator and the crystal scintillator array, a photomultiplier window coupled to the crystal with optical coupling grease, a photomultiplier having a dynode chain body and a base voltage divider with anodes, anode wire amplifiers each connected to four anodes and a multi pin connector having pin connections to each anode wire amplifier. In one embodiment the crystal scintillator array includes a yttrium aluminum perovskite (YAP) crystal array. In an alternate embodiment, the crystal scintillator array includes a gadolinium oxyorthosilicate (GSO) crystal array.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/872116}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1999},
month = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1999}
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