Biomedical nuclear and X-ray imager using high-energy grazing incidence mirrors

#1. Field of the Invention

#The present invention relates to a system and method for use in biomedical research and nuclear medicine. More specifically, the present invention provides a radionuclide imaging method and apparatus to produce high-resolution images of the structure and function in small animals.

#State of Technology

#The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated into and form a part of the disclosure, illustrate an embodiment of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

#FIG. 1A shows a basic schematic of a near-field grazing-incidence mirror imager system.

#FIG. 1B illustrates an imager embodiment as taught in the present invention that additionally incorporates a low-resolution detector.

#Referring now to the following detailed information, and to incorporated materials; a detailed description of the invention, including specific embodiments, is presented. The detailed description serves to explain the principles of the invention.

#Unless otherwise indicated, all numbers expressing quantities of ingredients, constituents, reaction conditions and so forth used in the specification and claims are to be understood as being modified in all instances by the term “about”. Accordingly, unless indicated to the contrary, the numerical parameters set forth in the specification and attached claims are approximations that may vary depending upon the desired properties sought to be obtained by the subject matter presented herein. At the very least, and not as an attempt to limit the application of the doctrine of equivalents to the scope of the claims, each numerical parameter should at least be construed in light of the number of reported significant digits and by applying ordinary rounding techniques. Notwithstanding that the numerical ranges and parameters setting forth the broad scope of the subject matter presented herein are approximations, the numerical values set forth in the specific examples are reported as precisely as possible. Any numerical value, however, inherently contain certain errors necessarily resulting from the standard deviation found in their respective testing measurements.

#General Description