Patent ID: 7825383

Claim:
A detector system for use in the detection of radiation photons in emission medical imaging, said detector system: a closed housing enclosing an internal area, said closed housing having a shape configured for imaging a particular selected organ of a patient; a pair of rails defining a co-planar rail path, said rails being fixed within said internal area, one rail aligned closer to the patient than the other; at least one mobile detector within said internal area, for detecting an emission photon source, the detector having at least one wheel abutting each of said respective rails for selective translation of the detector relative to the rails independent of the photon source; a turret interposed between said detector and rails, defining first and second planar ranges of motion about a pair of axes respectively oriented tangential and normal to said rail path; at least one driving mechanism, said at least one driving mechanism driving said at least one mobile detector along the rail path to a plurality of radiation photon receiving positions.