Patent ID: 7180074
Filing Date: 2007-02-20
Classification: A61B,G01T

Abstract:
1. A detector, comprising: a crystal having a body, a first surface on one end of said body, and a second surface at an opposite end of said body, said second surface substantially parallel to said first surface; an array of sensors comprising a first sensor and a plurality of neighboring sensors interfacing with the second surface of said crystal, each of said sensor and said plurality of neighboring sensors adapted to generate a signal in response to a particle interacting with said crystal; an array of processor electronic channels, wherein each sensor in said array of sensors communicates with a corresponding processor electronic channel in the array of processor electronic channels to process any signals generated by each sensor in said array of sensors, said array of processor electronic channels arranged in a predefined pattern so that a signal transfer delay time between each processor electronic channel in the array of processor electronic channels is substantially the same, wherein the processor electronic channel in said array of processor electronic channels corresponding to said first sensor electronically communicates with each processor electronic channel corresponding to a sensor in said plurality of neighboring sensors to correlate any signals received by a neighboring sensor with any signal received by the first sensor, and wherein the body of said crystal includes a plurality slits, each slit in said plurality of slits comprising a reflective material and having a substantially uniform length, the plurality of slits originating from and having a substantially perpendicular orientation to the first surface and terminating in the body of said crystal.