Helically-arranged positron emission tomography detector units
US12313798B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 11, 2024 |
| Grant date | May 27, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 11, 2044 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01T1/20182
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A detector unit for a PET imaging system is disclosed that includes a gantry having a patient-receiving tunnel, where the detector unit includes a plurality of detector elements in a helical arrangement around an axial axis of the PET imaging system.
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