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Apparatus for automatic calibration of PET/CT systems

US7569829B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 20, 2008
Grant dateAug 4, 2009
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Expiry dateFeb 20, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01T7/005
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A calibration system for a combined Positron Emission Tomography (PET)/Computed Tomography scanner system, may have a support structure carrying a rotation motor driving a phantom, wherein the phantom has at least two phantom rods and the rods are positioned such that they are neither parallel nor connected to each other.

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