Some embodiments include a system, comprising a hybrid imaging device comprising: a first scintillator; a first detector sensors configured to generate a signal based on photons emitted from the first scintillator; a second scintillator; a second detector sensors configured to generate a signal based on photons emitted from the second scintillator; and a control logic coupled to the first detector layer and the second detector layer; wherein: a material of the first scintillator is different from a material of the second scintillator; the first detector overlaps the second detector; and the control logic is configured to generate dose data in response to the first detector and image data in response to the second detector.

This invention provides a close-range positron emission tomography (PET) system, where the detector modules are able to be moved or placed very close to the patient compared to conventional PET systems. As a result, the sensitivity and resolution of the PET system is greatly increased.

Method and apparatus for scanning a region of interest (ROI) by a gamma detector. An exemplary method includes determining, for each of multiple detector configurations, a respective weight based on an absorption profile, associating each of a plurality of portions of the ROI with a respective gamma attenuation value; and detecting gamma radiation from multiple detector configurations for time periods allocated among the detector configurations based on the weights determined.

One embodiment provides a gamma camera system, including: a stand, a rotatable gantry supported by the stand, and a transformable gamma camera connected by mechanical supports to the rotatable gantry and comprising groups of tiled arrays of gamma detectors and a collimator for each group of tiled arrays of gamma detectors; the transformable gamma camera being configured to subdivide into a plurality of subdivided gamma cameras, each of the subdivided gamma cameras having at least one of the groups of tiled arrays of gamma detectors and corresponding collimator, wherein the subdivision into a plurality of subdivided gamma cameras facilitates contouring with a region of interest for a spatial resolution. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are described for setting a sampling frequency for a radiation imaging system. The radiation imaging system comprises a rotating gantry configured to rotate a radiation source and a detector array about an object to generate an image(s) of the object. A data acquisition system is configured to sample the detector array as views. One or more flag structures are arranged according to a partial arc segment (e.g., a structure less than a full 360 degree circle). One or more sensors are disposed on one of the rotating gantry or a stationary support about which the rotating gantry rotates. When a sensor encounters a flag structure, a current rotational speed of the rotating gantry is determined. A clock frequency is updated based upon the current rotational speed to establish a sampling frequency for the data acquisition system for sampling the detector array.

A sensor chip includes a plurality of microcells to which an xy position is assigned, composed of a photodiode D.sub.n,m, a current divider S.sub.q,nm, with outputs S.sub.q,v,nm, for the y direction and outputs S.sub.q,h,nm for the x direction, the outputs S.sub.q,h,nm being equipped with a quenching apparatus R.sub.q,h,nm for quenching the current, and the outputs S.sub.q,v,nm being equipped with a quenching apparatus R.sub.q,v,nm for quenching the current, which divides the generated photocurrent of the diodes Dn,m into two equally large fractions. The microcells are arranged in a sequence of N columns in the x direction x.sub.n,=x.sub.1, x.sub.2, x.sub.3, . . . x.sub.n with n=1, 2, 3, . . . N and M rows in the y direction y.sub.m,=y.sub.1, y.sub.2, y.sub.3, . . . y.sub.m with m=1, 2, 3, . . . M. Outputs S.sub.q,h,nm of the current dividers S.sub.q,nm for the x direction are connected to the read-out channels Ch.sub.A and Ch.sub.B for the x direction.

A scalable medical imaging detector arrangement is provided having interchangeable sensor tiles with fixed outer dimensions for a fixed or universal mechanical, electrical, and cooling interface. Different sensor tile types with different performance grades and production costs care configured with a common interface for coupling to the medical imaging device, while the rest of the imaging system can remain unchanged.

Provided area device for detecting sub-atomic particles and method of fabrication thereof. The device includes a plurality of scintillators, a detector provided on a first end of the plurality of scintillators and a prismatoid provided on a second end of the plurality of scintillators. The prismatoid redirects light between adjacent scintillators of the plurality of scintillators.

Provide are a detector module, a detector, and a medical device. The detector module includes a plurality of detection sub-modules at least partially arranged in a stepped manner in a first direction. Each of the plurality of detection sub-modules includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion units arranged at intervals in a second direction intersecting with the first direction. One of two adjacent detection sub-modules is located at a higher step as a first detection sub-module, and the other one is located at a lower step and as a second detection sub-module. A first gap is formed between the plurality of photoelectric conversion units of the first detection sub-module. A second gap is formed between the plurality of photoelectric conversion units of the second detection sub-module. A width of the first gap in the second direction is smaller than a width of the second gap in the second direction.

The present disclosure relates to a system for PET imaging. The system may include a detector module and an electronics module. The detector module may include a scintillator array having N rows of scintillators arranged in a first direction and M columns of scintillators arranged in a second direction, a first set of photosensors coupled to the scintillator array and extending in the second direction, and a second set of photosensors coupled to the scintillator array and extending in the first direction. The electronics module may detect a first set of electrical signals generated by the first set of photosensors and a second set of electrical signals generated by the second set of photosensors, and identify a scintillator within the scintillator array that has interacted with an impinging radiation ray relating to an electrical signal of the first set of electrical signals or the second set of electrical signals.