PET and SPECT systems with attenuation correction
US6642523B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 6, 2000 |
| Grant date | Nov 4, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 28, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG21K1/02
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A nuclear imaging system comprising:first and second radiation detectors, each comprising an imaging surface facing each other and each having an extent;an radiation source, situated outside a space defined by a largest parallelepiped formed on two sides by said first and second detectors, which irradiates the second detector; andan axis about which the first and second detectors and the radiation source rotate together;wherein the field of view of the radiation source, defined by lines connecting the external source and the edges of the second detector, encompass the axis of rotation.
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