Patents by Inventor Richard Allen Thompson

Richard Allen Thompson 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for radiation detecting and imaging using monolithic detectors
    Publication number: 20040227091
    Abstract: A method for detecting radiation using a monolithic detector is provided. The method includes providing a monolithic scintillator to interact with incident radiation and to generate a photon at a site of interaction, optically coupling a plurality of photosensors to the monolithic scintillator to detect the photon generated at the site of interaction, and configuring each photosensor to transmit a signal indicative of an amount of light detected by each photosensor and a solid angle covered by the photosensor relative to the site of interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: James Walter LeBlanc, Floribertus Heukensfeldt Jansen, Richard Allen Thompson