Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Nuclear medicine imaging system and method using multiple types of imaging detectors
- Patent Title (中): 核医学成像系统和使用多种成像检测器的方法
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Application No.: US13077540Application Date: 2011-03-31
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Publication No.: US08575555B2Publication Date: 2013-11-05
- Inventor: Kristen Ann Wangerin , Evren Asma , Jorge Uribe , Ravindra Manjeshwar
- Applicant: Kristen Ann Wangerin , Evren Asma , Jorge Uribe , Ravindra Manjeshwar
- Applicant Address: US NY Niskyuna
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Niskyuna
- Agent Jenifer Haeckl
- Main IPC: G01T1/166
- IPC: G01T1/166

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120248320A1 NUCLEAR MEDICINE IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING MULTIPLE TYPES OF IMAGING DETECTORS Public/Granted day:2012-10-04
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