Patents

1. Thompson C J: Patent entitled: "Coincidence circuit for positron annihilation imaging device."

United States: Patent No. 4,284,890 18th August 1981.

Canada: Patent No. 1,118,110 9th February 1982.

Great Britain: Patent No. 2,059218 B 2nd November 1983.

France: Patent No. 80/50230 14th May 1984.

West Germany: Patent No. P330 07817.2 6th December 1984.

Sweden: Patent No. 8000909/5 3rd October 1985.

2. Thompson C J: Patent entitled: "Moveable collimator for positron annihilation imaging device."

United States: patent No. 4,259,578 31st March 1981.

Canada: patent No. 1,121,072 30th March 1982.

Great Britain: patent No. 2,058,510 B 7th December 1983.

France: patent No. 80/50227 19th October 1984.

Sweden: patent No. 8000910-3 23rd May 1985.

3. Thompson C J: Patent entitled: "Positron annihilation imaging device using multiple offset Rings of detectors."

Canada: patent No. 1,117,228 26th January 1982.

Sweden: patent No. 8000911-1 9th May 1985.

4. Thompson C J: Patent entitled: "Detector shape and arrangement for positron annihilation imaging device."

United States: patent No. 4,291,228 22nd September 1981.

Canada: patent No. 1,120,616 23rd March 1982.

Sweden: patent No. 8000773-5 28th March 1985.

5. Thompson C J: Patent Entitled: "Scintillation crystals for positron emission tomography having a non-reflecting band."

Canada: patent No.1,303,256 9th June 1992.

6. Thompson C J: Patent Entitled: "Means of measuring the depth of interaction of gamma rays in scintillation crystals in order to improve the spatial resolution of positron imaging systems."

United States: patent No. 5,122,677 16th June 1992.

7. Thompson C J, Weinberg I, Mako, F: Patent Entitled: "Dedicated Apparatus and Method for Emission Mammography"

United States: patent No. 5,323,006 21st June 1994.

8. Thompson C J: Patent Entitled: "Removable shielding for use during Neurological PET scans"

United States: Patent No. 6,808,308 26th October 2004

9. Thompson C J, and Camborde M-L: Patent application Entitled: "An instrument and method to facilitate and improve the timing alignment of a PET scanner"

United States: Application date: November 2002 Accepted March 2007

10. Thompson C J: Patent Entitled: "An Apparatus and Method for Improving the Spatial Resolution of a PET Scanner Used for Molecular Imaging Small Animals or Biological Samples"

United States: Application date: October 2005