Radioactive emission detector equipped with a position tracking system and utilization thereof with medical systems and in medical procedures
US8489176B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 21, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jul 16, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 8, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01T1/161
- 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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