Patent ID: 7034310
Filing Date: 2006-04-25
Classification: A61B,G01T,H01L

Abstract:
1. An imaging system for imaging a living organism, said living organism treated with a radionuclide emitting positrons, a portion of said emitted positrons creating photons within said living organism, said system comprising: a first and a second detection systems, said living organism placed between said first and second detection systems, wherein said first and second detection systems are diametrically opposed, wherein said first and second detection systems are comprised of a plurality of position sensitive detectors, and wherein a portion of said photons are detected within said detection systems; a multi-channel readout system coupled to said plurality of position sensitive detectors; a display system coupled to multi-channel readout systems, said display system including a processor, said processor determining directions of said portion of said photons; and said display system displaying an image of said living organism.