Nuclear medicine imaging system and method using multiple types of imaging detectors
US8575555B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 31, 2011 |
| Grant date | Nov 5, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01T1/249
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A Nuclear Medicine (NM) imaging system and method using multiple types of imaging detectors are provided. One NM imaging system includes a gantry, at least a first imaging detector coupled to the gantry, wherein the first imaging detector is a non-moving detector, and at least a second imaging detector coupled to the gantry, wherein the second imaging detector is a moving detector. The first imaging detector is larger than the second imaging detector and the first and second imaging detectors have different detector configurations. The NM imaging system further includes a controller configured to control the operation of the first and second imaging detectors during an imaging scan of an object to acquire Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) image information such that at least the first imaging detector remains stationary with respect to the gantry during image acquisition.
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