‌

US Patent 7173251 Devices for imaging radionuclide emissions

Patent 7173251 was granted and assigned to University of Leicester on February, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Overview Structured Data Issues Contributors

Is a

Patent

Patent attributes

Current Assignee

University of Leicester

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

71732510

Patent Inventor Names

Robert John Ott0

George William Fraser0

John Ernest Wyper Lees0

Date of Patent

February 6, 2007

Patent Application Number

104337990

Date Filed

December 4, 2001

Patent Primary Examiner

‌

David Porta

Patent abstract

There is disclosed a device for imaging radionuclide emissions comprising: a charge coupled device or CMOS active pixel sensor device; and a scintillator layer in direct contact with the charge coupled device or CMOS active pixel sensor device; in which the thickness of the scintillator layer is greater than 200 μm, preferably greater than 400 μm, most preferably about 500 μm.