Apparatus for automatic calibration of PET/CT systems
US7569829B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 20, 2008 |
| Grant date | Aug 4, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 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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