Patent ID: 7132664
Filing Date: 2006-11-07
Classification: A61B,G01T

Abstract:
1. A device for detecting subatomic particles comprising: a detector assembly, said detector assembly comprising: a first plurality of transducers; and at least one detector crystal optically coupled to at least some of said first plurality of transducers, wherein a single detector crystal in said at least one detector crystal has a plurality of slits, each slit being approximately equivalent in length as each other slit and said plurality of slits being oriented parallel to the optical axis of said at least some of said first plurality of transducers; a plurality of processors, said plurality of processors being arranged in a plurality of substantially parallel layers, and some processors in said plurality of processors being capable of communicating with processors to each lateral side in one substantially parallel layer, receiving communication from a processor in a second substantially parallel layer and transmitting to a third processor in a third substantially parallel layer; and wherein each transducer in the first plurality of transducers is in electrical communication with at least one processor in the plurality of processors.