Patents by Inventor Paul Lecoq

Paul Lecoq has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • DEVICE FOR THE DETECTION OF GAMMA RAYS BASED ON METASCINTILLATOR BLOCK DETECTORS
    Publication number: 20230075571
    Abstract: A device for the detection of gamma rays used primarily in a PET scanner is based on a scintillator heterostructure combining the high stopping power of scintillators commonly used in PET scanners (such as L(Y)SO, BGO, etc.) and very fast scintillators based on polymers loaded with fast emitting dyes or nanocrystals, or thin layers of nanocrystals or multiple quantum well structures. The particular arrangement of this detector module allows combining all the important features of a high-performance Time-of-Flight PET (TOFPET) detector module, i.e., a high photoelectric detection efficiency for the gamma rays, a precise 3D information (including the depth of interaction DOI) of the gamma ray conversion in the module, and good energy resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Paul LECOQ, Jose Maria BENLLOCH BAVIERA
  • COMBINED NUCLEAR AND SONOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20080208044
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for use in medical imaging and a medical imaging method. The apparatus comprises nuclear medicine imaging means including detector means for detecting radiation as emitted upon decay of a radiopharmaceutical injected into a living object's body as well as means for generating a nuclear medicine image of said living object based on the detected radiation. The apparatus further comprises ultrasonography imaging means for also generating an ultrasonography image of the same living object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicants: SuperSonic Imagine, CERN-European Organization for Nuclear Research
    Inventors: Paul Lecoq, Olivier Mundler, Claude Cohen-Bacrie
  • PET scanner
    Patent number: 7102135
    Abstract: A positron emission camera comprising a plurality of scintillators, wherein the scintillators include LuAlO3:Ce (LuxY1?xAP where 0.5?x?0.995) based crystals (18,20). In particular, the scintillation crystals (18,20) are LuxY1?xAP where 0.5?x?0.995.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: European Organization for Nuclear Research
    Inventor: Paul Lecoq
  • PET scanner
    Publication number: 20040129886
    Abstract: A positron emission camera comprising a plurality of scintillators, wherein the scintillators include LuAlO3:Ce (LuxY1−xAP where 0.5≦x≦0.995) based crystals (18,20). In particular, the scintillation crystals (18,20) are LuxY1−xAP where 0.5≦x≦0.995.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Applicant: European Organization for Nuclear Research
    Inventor: Paul Lecoq
  • PET scanner
    Publication number: 20020195565
    Abstract: A positron emission camera comprising a plurality of scintillators, wherein the scintillators comprise LuAlO3:Ce (LuAP) based crystals (18,20). In particular, the scintillation crystals (18,20) are LuAP and/or LuYAP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: European Organization for Nuclear Research
    Inventor: Paul Lecoq