Radioactive emission detector equipped with a position tracking system and utilization thereof with medical systems and in medical procedures
US7826889B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 4, 2000 |
| Grant date | Nov 2, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 15, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2090/392
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
a system for calculating a position of a radioactivity emitting source in a system-of-coordinates, the system comprising (a) a radioactive emission detector; (b) a position tracking system being connected to and/or communicating with the radioactive emission detector; and (c) a data processor being designed and configured for receiving data inputs from the position tracking system and from the radioactive emission detector and for calculating the position of the radioactivity emitting source in the system-of-coordinates.
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