Patent ID: 7412028

Claim:
A method for multi-modality imaging with a cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) detector array, the method comprising: receiving a first signal during a first portion of an imaging scan from the entire cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) detector array operating in a first imaging modality; receiving a second signal during a second portion of the imaging scan from the entire CZT detector array operating in a second imaging modality; wherein the first and second signals are received sequentially during respective portions of the imaging scan; wherein the imaging scan is performed sequentially by completing a first single view angle using the first imaging modality, then completing a second single view angle using the second imaging modality, and then alternating the modalities at each successive single view angle until the imaging scan is completed; processing emission photons impinging on the entire CZT detector array in the first imaging modality and processing transmission photons impinging on the entire CZT detector array in the second imaging modality.