Invention Grant
- Patent Title: PET device
- Patent Title (中): PET装置
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Application No.: US12633282Application Date: 2009-12-08
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Publication No.: US08351566B2Publication Date: 2013-01-08
- Inventor: Yuuji Sawanaga
- Applicant: Yuuji Sawanaga
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Otawara-shi
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Otawara-shi
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2008-331408 20081225
- Main IPC: G01N23/00
- IPC: G01N23/00

Abstract:
A gantry has a cylindrical shape and rotates around a subject on a top panel about the body axis. An X-ray irradiating part is arranged inside the gantry and emits an X-ray. An X-ray detector is arranged at a position facing the X-ray irradiating part and detects the X-ray transmitted through the subject. PET detectors are arranged in two separate regions facing the rotation center and detect γ-rays emitted from the positron-emitting nuclides. A moving mechanism moves the top panel and the gantry relatively to each other. An X-ray CT image generator generates an X-ray CT image of the subject based on the result of detection by the X-ray detector. A PET image generator generates a PET image of the subject based on the γ-rays detected by the PET detectors on the circumference in accordance with rotation of the gantry.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100166137A1 PET DEVICE Public/Granted day:2010-07-01
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