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Tomography scanner with axially discontinuous array

US8729480B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Trident Imaging, Inc. · US

Inventors

Jürgen Seidel · Kreuztal, DE
Michael V. Green · Kensington, US
Juan José´ Vaquero · Madrid, ES

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 26, 2008
Grant date	May 20, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 9, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01T1/2008
WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A tomography scanner has intentionally designed, well defined gaps between detector rings with image reconstruction obtained with the use of conventional tomography data processing. The scanner is particularly advantageous as a small animal PET scanner.

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