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Big bore PET/MR system

US8467848B2 · kind B2 · utility

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4References

18Claims

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Assignee

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV · NL

Inventors

Torsten Solf · Aachen, DE
Volkmar Schulz · Schwarzenbruck, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 12, 2010
Grant date	Jun 18, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 8, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/422
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A nuclear detector module (24) is housed within an electrically conductive hollow resonator element (18) that is to be used in a combined MR and nuclear imaging unit. The resonator element has an inner face (26) which is radiation transparent facing an examination region (14) and a plurality of other faces (28) disposed facing and spaced from an RF screen (22).

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