PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16016716
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["250", "362000"]

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for improvement of spatial resolution in molecular and radiological imaging is presented. System equipment includes bed with either flat or cylindrical detectors large detector arrays with collimator(s), lens(s), mirror(s) and/or shutter(s). This system utilizes magnification principles with large detector arrays. There is error reduction by reduction of non-collinearity error as seen in current PET scans by determination of the trajectory of the photons and accurate localization of the annihilation event of a positron. Additional error reduction of random coincidence and scatter coincidence is seen. Overall, this method and apparatus affords improved spatial resolution and higher efficiencies, which would allow for lower cost and dose reduction to the patient.

Claim (Index 1):
An apparatus for radiographic imaging used in conjunction with an x-ray tube for the detection of X-rays, the apparatus comprising:\n a collimator in the cylindrical device through which photons emitted from the radionuclide or radiopharmaceutical pass; a mirror used to redirect the photons, said mirror in communication with said collimator; a lens system through which the photons pass and are magnified and spread over a larger detector area, said lens system in communication with said collimator; a shutter system for selection of an angle of said photons, said shutter system in communication with said collimator; a detector array having a plurality of detectors wherein a first detector of said detector array abuts a second detector of said detector array, said detector array in communication with said lens system, said detector array configured to accommodate a magnified area upon which receives the photons; and a processor providing additional processing based on photon intercepts on the detector array to reduce image errors.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 16.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.65432
- Patent Class: 250.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14644489', '11558900', '15620321', '10276221', '13573981']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.725843731336809
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.548220611670277
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7080814193701558
- Mean Citation Score: 296.52455
- Max Citation Score: 419.5006
- Similarity Product: 354.0193922545672

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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