Device and system for improved imaging in nuclear medicine and mammography

A wearable radiation detector array for a dynamic study of a patient, comprising:

• a shell capable of accepting and holding a detector array, wherein the shell is shaped in a configuration wearable by the patient and conforms to a subject area of the patient,
• an open frame system incorporated into the shell for selective placement therein of detector arrays, and
• a detector array configured for placement into the open frame system of the shell to image the subject area of the patient, and comprising a plurality of edge-on detector modules,
• wherein the detector array remains aligned with the subject area while the patient is moving.

An incident radiation detection system, comprising:

• a radiation detector array, wherein the array comprises
• a plurality of edge-on radiation detector modules, and
• a collimator coupled to each module and positioned on a surface of the module facing a radiation source, the collimator comprising a plurality of adjustable slats, wherein the slats are electronically configurable independently from the module and with respect to each other to optimize radiation detection by the module,
• a mechanical positioning subsystem capable of aligning the modules within the array to optimally detect incident radiation,
• a monitoring subsystem to control operating parameters of the array and processing detected radiation data from the array prior to transmitting said data to a computer subsystem, and
• a computer subsystem to analyze the array parameters and detected radiation data, wherein the computer subsystem is further capable of processing the detected radiation data for image reconstruction and material analysis purposes.