Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gamma ray detector elements with variable light guide thickness
- Patent Title (中): 伽马射线探测器元件具有可变导光体厚度
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Application No.: US12621691Application Date: 2009-11-19
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Publication No.: US08188439B2Publication Date: 2012-05-29
- Inventor: Daniel Gagnon , Kent Burr
- Applicant: Daniel Gagnon , Kent Burr
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Otawara-shi
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Otawara-shi
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Main IPC: G01T1/202
- IPC: G01T1/202

Abstract:
A gamma ray detector module that includes at least one crystal element arranged in a plane, a plurality of light sensors arranged to cover the at least one crystal element and to receive light emitted from the at least one crystal element, and a light guide arranged between the at least one crystal element and the light sensors, the light guide being optically connected to the at least one crystal element. Further, the light guide includes a narrow portion that positions at least one light sensor of the plurality of light sensors closer to the at least one crystal element than other light sensors of the plurality of light sensors. In addition, the light guide may include an angled recessed portion that positions another light sensor at an oblique tilt angle with respect to the plane of the at least one crystal element.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110114845A1 GAMMA RAY DETECTOR ELEMENTS WITH VARIABLE LIGHT GUIDE THICKNESS Public/Granted day:2011-05-19
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