Patents by Inventor Robert John Ott

Robert John Ott 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).

  • POSITRON EMISSION DETECTION AND IMAGING
    Publication number: 20120153165
    Abstract: A positron emission scanner is disclosed having a timing compensation element which uses position information originating from a spatial locator element to compensate for travel time of timing signals. A method of constructing a PET image is also discussed in which a timing error function is convolved with an envelope function evaluated along a line of response to derive an emission event weight for use in image construction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: PETRRA LTD.
    Inventor: Robert John Ott
  • RADIATION DETECTOR
    Publication number: 20100301220
    Abstract: A gamma ray detector is disclosed. A scintillation layer (60), for example of barium fluoride, is formed of a plurality of adjacent elongate rods, each rod being elongate within the plane of the layer, and being provided with a plurality of slots (62) distributed along the length of the rod and extending in a width direction also coplanar with the layer. Behind the scintillation layer a sensor determines a position of uv photons exiting the layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Robert John Ott, Richard Stephenson
  • Devices for imaging radionuclide emissions
    Patent number: 7173251
    Abstract: There is disclosed a device for imaging radionuclide emissions comprising: a charge coupled device or CMOS active pixel sensor device; and a scintillator layer in direct contact with the charge coupled device or CMOS active pixel sensor device; in which the thickness of the scintillator layer is greater than 200 ?m, preferably greater than 400 ?m, most preferably about 500 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: University of Leicester
    Inventors: George William Fraser, Robert John Ott, John Ernest Wyper Lees
  • Devices for imaging radionuclide emissions
    Publication number: 20040079890
    Abstract: There is disclosed a device for imaging radionuclide emissions comprising: a charge coupled device or CMOS active pixel sensor device; and a scintillator layer in direct contact with the charge coupled device or CMOS active pixel sensor device; in which the thickness of the scintillator layer is greater than 200 &mgr;m, preferably greater than 400 &mgr;m, most preferably about 500 &mgr;m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: George William Fraser, Robert John Ott, John Ernest Wyper Lees