Patent ID: 7818047

Claim:
A medical imaging system for imaging at least one portion of at least one living organism, said at least one portion treated with at least one radiopharmaceutical, said at least one radiopharmaceutical emitting a plurality of positrons which annihilate and produce a plurality of photons, comprising: at least one detector system comprised of a plurality of position sensitive photon detectors, wherein at least one entrance aperture of said at least one detector system is external to said at least one living organism and proximate to said at least one portion of said at least one living organism, wherein at least one portion of said plurality of photons pass into at least one portion of said plurality of position sensitive detectors, and wherein said plurality of position sensitive photon detectors comprise at least one scintillator with at least one first side connected to at least one first scintillation light detector and at least one second side connected to at least one second scintillation light detector; at least one multi-channel integrated circuit coupled to said plurality of position sensitive photon detectors; at least one processor coupled to said at least one multi-channel integrated circuit; and at least one display system coupled to said at least one processor, said display system displaying at least one image of said at least one portion of said at least one living organism.