Gordon A Lapoint

US Patent:

20070029491, Feb 8, 2007

Filed:

Aug 4, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/196945

Inventors:

Timothy Olden - Nashua NH, US
Dale Martin - Lunenburg MA, US
Thomas John Sefranek - Shirley MA, US
Gordon LaPoint - Leominster MA, US
Hugh Stoddart - Harvard MA, US
Hugh Stoddart - Groton MA, US

International Classification:

G01T 1/24

US Classification:

250370080

Abstract:

A collimator, and in particular a method for making a collimator for use with a small high resolution single-photon emission computed tomographic (SPECT) imaging tool for small animal research. The collimator is sized, both functionally and structurally, particularly smaller than known collimators and appropriately scaled to achieve a highly sensitive collimator which facilitates desired reconstruction resolutions for small animals, as well as compliments other functional imaging modalities such as positron emission tomography (PET), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), electroencephalography (EEG), and event-related potential (ERP), magneto-encephalography (MEG), and near-infrared optical imaging.