General Equipment for Medical Imaging; SL;General Equipment for Medical Imaging, SL;Universidad De Valencia;Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas
The invention relates to a portable mini gamma camera for intrasurgical use.The inventive camera is based on scintillation crystals and comprises a stand-alonedevice, i.e. all of the necessary systems have been integrated next to the sensorhead and no other system is required. The camera can be hot-connected to any computerusing different types of interface, such as to meet medical grade specifications.The camera can be self-powered, can save energy and enables software and firmwareto be updated from the Internet and images to be formed in real time. Any gamma raydetector based on continuous scintillation crystals can be provided with a systemfor focusing the scintillation light emitted by the gamma ray in order to improvespatial resolution. The invention also relates to novel methods for locatingradiation-emitting objects and for measuring physical variables, based onradioactive and laser emission pointers.
