MR gamma hybrid imaging system
US9445721B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 10, 2011 |
| Grant date | Sep 20, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 2, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/34046
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A pendant breast imaging system that operates with a MRI system and which allows a planar gamma camera breast imaging system to be positioned away from the breast area while MRI imaging is occurring, and which then moves into breast imaging position after MRI imaging is complete, and which can again be removed from the breast area to allow intervention to occur is described. It may use various collimator or scintillator materials and designs.
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