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Radionuclide angiographic collimator system

US5309911A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 29, 1990
Grant dateMay 10, 1994
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Expiry dateOct 29, 2010

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG21K1/025
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A gamma ray collimator assembly for use in a cardiac inspection system. A collimator has a plurality of collimator elements with the collimator walls absorbing gamma rays. The collimator walls have a base layer of a first material covered by a layer of a second material which preferentially absorbs inelastically scattered gamma rays generated in the first material.

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