Patent · US Expired

Combined MR/PET system

US7218112B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Ralf Ladebeck · Erlangen, DE
Wolfgang Renz · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 12, 2005
Grant date	May 15, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 8, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/481
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A combined magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and positron emission tomography (PET) system is provided. In one embodiment, a system is provided comprising a radiofrequency (RF) antenna and an RF screen spaced apart from one another to create an RF field reflux zone. The RF screen comprises a plurality of openings, and a plurality of a scintillator crystals are positioned in the plurality of openings in the RF screen such that at least a portion of the plurality of scintillator crystals are positioned in the RF field reflux zone. Other embodiments are provided, and each of the embodiments described herein can be used alone or in combination with one another.

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