Gantry for nuclear medicine imaging systems
US5554848A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 15, 1993 |
| Grant date | Sep 10, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 15, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01T1/1648
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A nuclear medicine diagnostic imaging system wherein the gamma camera rotates about the patient and is coupled to receive electrical power, control signals and to transmit data using cableless coupling means. This enables the system to provide whole body helical scans. Reconstruction begins during the first revolution of the camera about the patient and continues during subsequent revolutions to provide evolving images.
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