Patent ID: 9606245
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A61B,G01T

Claim:
1. An autonomous scintillation detector comprising: a plurality of scintillator elements arranged in an array; a plurality of detectors, each respective detector being coupled to a respective scintillator element and being configured to selectively detect scintillation of the respective coupled scintillator element; wherein each respective scintillator element at least one of: a clock, configured to generate a clock signal having a resolution of less than or equal to 10 nS; circuitry coupled to each of the plurality of detectors and receiving the clock signal, configured to produce a detection event in response to excitation of a respective scintillator element, the detection event comprising a quantitative scintillation parameter and a time of detection; a memory; an interface to a shared addressable digital packet communication network; an automated processor configured to: a housing configured to surround at least the plurality of scintillator elements, the plurality of detectors, the clock, the circuitry, the memory, and the automated processor.