US Patent Issued to Siemens Medical Solutions USA on Nov. 11 for "Multi-modal compton and single photon emission computed tomography medical imaging system" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,305, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc. (Malvern, Pa.).

"Multi-modal compton and single photon emission computed tomography medical imaging system" was invented by Alexander Hans Vija (Evanston, Ill.) and Miesher Rodrigues (Buffalo Grove, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-modality imaging system allows for selectable photoelectric effect and/or Compton effect detection. The camera or detector is a module with a catcher detector. Depending on the use or design, a scatter detector and/or a coded physical aperture are positioned in front of the catcher detector relative to the patient space. ...