Detector module for an emission tomography scanner
AssigneesSiemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsMatthias J. Schmand, Markus Vester, Nan Zhang
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Abstract
An emission tomography detector module and an emission tomography scanner are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the emission tomography detector modules includes a scintillator to capture an photon, the scintillator emitting a scintillating light on capturing the photon; a first type of solid-state photodetector to detect the scintillating light; and a second type of solid-state photodetector to detect the scintillating light, wherein the first type of solid-state photodetector and the second type of solid-state photodetector are different with respect to a detecting property.
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An emission tomography detector module, comprising:
- a scintillator to capture a photon, the scintillator emitting a scintillating light upon capturing the photon;
- a first type of solid-state photodetector to detect the emitted scintillating light;
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- a second type of solid-state photodetector to detect the emitted scintillating light, the first type of solid-state photodetector and the second type of solid-state photodetector being different with respect to a detecting property.
An emission tomography scanner, comprising:
- a pair of emission tomography detector modules, each of the pair of emission tomography detector modules including
- a scintillator to capture a photon, the scintillator emitting a scintillating light upon capturing the photon;
- a first type of solid-state photodetector to detect the emitted scintillating light;
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- a second type of solid-state photodetector to detect the emitted scintillating light, the first type of solid-state photodetector and the second type of solid-state photodetector being different with respect to a detecting property.
A combined emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, comprising:
- a MRI scanner including a magnet system for generating a magnetic field for inducing nuclear magnetic resonance signals from nuclei of a subject to be imaged within a field of view of the MRI scanner;
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- an emission tomography detector module, the emission tomography detector module including
- a scintillator to capture a photon, the scintillator emitting a scintillating light upon capturing the photon;
- a first type of solid-state photodetector to detect the emitted scintillating light;
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- a second type of solid-state photodetector to detect the emitted scintillating light, the first type of solid-state photodetector and the second type of solid-state photodetector being different with respect to a detecting property.
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