Patent ID: 7345284
Filing Date: 2008-03-18
Classification: A61B,G01T

Abstract:
1. A method of detecting a plurality of particles from at least one part of at least one source, the method comprising the steps of: using at least one detection system, wherein said at least one detection system is comprised of at least one position sensitive detector; detecting a portion of said plurality of particles that enter said at least one detection system and wherein a portion of said portion of said plurality of particles make a plurality of interactions producing at least one signal in said at least one detection system; coupling at least one front-end readout system with a plurality of channels to said at least one detection system; measuring at least one position and at least one energy using said at least one signal; and processing said at least one position and at least one energy for said portion of said portion of said plurality of particles and producing at least one energy spectrum for said at least one part of said at least one source.