Patent ID: 8633444

Claim:
A positron emission tomography (PET) detector module, comprising: an array of scintillation crystal elements; a plurality of photosensors arranged to at least partially cover the array of scintillation crystal elements and configured to receive light emitted from the array of scintillation crystal elements; and a transparent adhesive arranged between the array of scintillation crystal elements and the plurality of photosensors, the transparent adhesive extending directly from a surface of at least one of the scintillation crystal elements to a surface of at least one of the photosensors and configured to distribute the light emitted from one of the scintillation crystal elements to more than one of the plurality of photosensors, wherein light from every one of the scintillation crystal elements in the array of scintillation crystal elements is distributed by the transparent adhesive to multiple photosensors within the plurality of photosensors.