Biomedical nuclear and X-ray imager using high-energy grazing incidence mirrors
US6949748B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 11, 2003 |
| Grant date | Sep 27, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 19, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG21K1/06
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Imaging of radiation sources located in a subject is explored for medical applications. The approach involves using grazing-incidence optics to form images of the location of radiopharmaceuticals administered to a subject. The optics are “true focusing” optics, meaning that they project a real and inverted image of the radiation source onto a detector possessing spatial and energy resolution.
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