Patent ID: 6762413
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: G01T,G21K

Abstract:
A rotating laminar emission camera comprising:a detector which detects radiation, said detector having a radiation receiving side that faces an object being studied, and said detector including an array of detection elements, said array extending in a first direction across the radiation receiving side of the detector, said detection elements each detecting radiation incident thereon; a collimator constructed of a radiation attenuative material arranged on the radiation receiving side of the detector, said collimator experiencing relative rotation about an axis substantially normal to the radiation receiving side of the detector, said relative rotation being relative to the object being studied, and said collimator including a plurality of spaced apart slats each one extending in a second direction across the radiation receiving side of the detector, said slats being spaced apart from one another such that a plurality of the detector elements in the array of detector elements are arranged between adjacent pairs of slats.