HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Positron Corporation (OTCBB: POSC) (the Company), a developer and manufacturer of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) medical devices, announced today that through its subsidiary developed intellectual property in the field of solid state photo detection and its applications. The Company has four patents pending covering the design and construction of medical diagnostic molecular imaging scanners and radiation detection scanners for homeland security with its new class of solid state photodetectors. The compact, low-cost photodetectors have increased sensitivity that can detect a single quantum of light and may significantly reduce the cost of future PET scanners while improving spatial resolution and portability. Solid state photodetectors are the key component in the development of compact organ-specific PET scanners and effective radiation detection devices for monitoring of radiation proliferation by parties unfriendly to national security interests. The Company’s research and development projects were conducted at facilities across North America with the participation of a team of collaborating scientists directed by Dr. Irving Weinberg. Dr. Weinberg is Chief Scientific Officer of the Positron research and development subsidiary.
