Patent ID: 7826889

Claim:
A system for radioactive emission imaging after an administration of a radiopharmaceutical, by calculating a position of a radioactivity emitting source in an overall system-of-coordinates, the system comprising: (a) a first radioactive emission detector; (b) a first position tracking system, associated with said first radioactive emission detector, and operative in a first system-of-coordinates; (c) at least a second radioactive emission detector, physically connected to said first radioactive emission detector, by a flexible connection; (d) at least a second position tracking system, associated with said at least second radioactive emission detector, and operative in at least a second system-of-coordinates; (e) a data processor programmed to receive data inputs from said position tracking systems and from said radioactive emission detectors and to calculate the position of the radioactivity emitting source in the overall system-of-coordinates, wherein said first and at least second radioactive emission detectors are configured for scanning a three dimensional surface which define body curvatures, while following contours of said three dimensional surface, and wherein said flexible connection constrains said first and second radioactive emission detectors while said detectors follow contours of said three dimensional surface, to point towards the vicinity of said radioactivity emitting source.