DETECTOR SYSTEMS FOR INTEGRATED RADIATION IMAGING
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Detector systems for enhanced radiographic imaging incorporate Compton and PET imaging capabilities. The detector designs employ one or more layers of detector modules comprised of edge-on or face-on detectors, or a combination of edge-on and face-on detectors, which may employ structured detectors. The detectors implement tracking capabilities and operate in a non-coincidence or coincidence detection mode.
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50. A detector system for integrated Compton-PET radiation imaging, comprising:
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an x-ray and gamma ray radiation detector having one or more layers of detector modules configured to generate readout signals based on interactions of x-ray photons from an x-ray radiation source and gamma ray photons from a gamma ray radiation source, wherein at least one layer of the detector modules includes at least one of an edge-on detector module, a structured detector module, or a 3D spatial resolution detector module; electronics configured for tracking the interactions of at least one of the x-ray photons or the gamma ray photons and analyzing the readout signals using at least one of energy integration or photon counting or photon counting with energy resolution techniques; and an electronic communications link to a computer configured for post-processing, storage, and display of radiation image data generated thereby. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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65. A detector system for integrated Compton-PET radiation imaging, the detector system comprising:
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an x-ray and gamma ray radiation detector having one or more layers of detector modules configured to generate readout signals based on interactions of x-ray photons from an x-ray radiation source and gamma ray photons from a gamma ray radiation source, wherein at least one layer of the detector modules includes at least one of an edge-on detector module, a structured detector module, or a 3D spatial resolution detector module; electronics configured for tracking the interactions of at least one of the x-ray photons or the gamma ray photons and analyzing the readout signals using at least one of energy integration or photon counting or photon counting with energy resolution techniques; and an electronic communications link to a computer configured for post-processing, storage, and display of radiation image data generated thereby; wherein one or more of the layers of detector modules comprise edge-on detector modules irradiated from a side and having a substrate positioned edge-on to at least one of the x-ray photons or the gamma ray photons incident thereon. - View Dependent Claims (66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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71. An integrated CT-Compton-PET detector imaging system comprising:
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one or more layers of edge-on detector modules irradiated from a side and having a substrate positioned edge-on to at least one of x-ray photons from an x-ray radiation source or gamma ray photons from a gamma ray source, incident thereon; electronics configured for tracking interactions of the x-ray photons and the gamma ray photons and analyzing the readout signals using at least one of energy integration or photon counting or photon counting with energy resolution techniques; and an electronic communications link to a computer configured for post-processing, storage, and display of radiation image data generated thereby; wherein the detector imaging system is configured as a CT detector imaging system and a Compton-PET detector imaging system configured to function independently, with a CT-PET detector imaging system having one or more layers of the edge-on detector modules, and the CT detector imaging system having one or more layers of the edge-on detector modules, and one or more of the x-ray or gamma ray sources adapted to implement multispectral imaging. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74, 75)
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