Patent ID: 8519351

Claim:
A Single Proton Emission Computer Tomography (SPECT) camera, comprising: a first plurality of pinhole apertures, said first plurality of pinhole apertures disposed relative to each other in a configuration calculated to receive input electromagnetic radiation emitted from a structure of interest, each of said first plurality of pinhole apertures having a respective hole diameter; a second plurality of detectors, each of said second plurality of detectors configured to present a non-planar detector surface, said non-planar surface described by a solution for a height function z(θ) obtained by minimizing R av , where R av is given by R av = ∫ s ⁢ Res 2 ⁡ ( z ⁢ ( θ ) , θ ) ⁢ f ⁡ ( z ⁡ ( θ ) , θ ) ⁢ ⅆ θ / ∫ s ⁢ f ⁡ ( z ⁡ ( θ ) , θ ) ⁢ ⁢ ⅆ θ + λ ⁡ ( ∫ s ⁢ f ⁡ ( z ⁡ ( θ ) , θ ) ⁢ ⁢ ⅆ θ - A 0 ) ; at least one of each of said second plurality of detectors coupled to a respective one of said first plurality of pinhole apertures at a defined location relative to said respective one of said first plurality of pinhole apertures, at least one of each of said second plurality of detectors configured to detect input electromagnetic radiation passing through a selected one of said first plurality of pinhole apertures to which said second plurality of detectors is coupled; and a third plurality of output terminals, at least one of said third plurality of output terminals configured to provide a signal representative of electromagnetic radiation detected by a respective one of said second plurality of detectors.