Invention Grant
- Patent Title: PET-MRI apparatus
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Application No.: US14522024Application Date: 2014-10-23
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Publication No.: US10067207B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Kazuya Okamoto , Takuzo Takayama , Hitoshi Yamagata
- Applicant: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Otawara-shi
- Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Otawara-shi
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2012-099058 20120424
- Main IPC: A61B5/055
- IPC: A61B5/055 ; G01R33/48 ; G01T1/16 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B6/03 ; G01R33/30 ; G01R33/385

Abstract:
A positron emission tomography (PET)-magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus according to an embodiment includes a gantry having a static magnetic field magnet, a gradient coil, and a radio frequency coil, a PET detector, and a moving mechanism. The static magnetic field magnet generates a static magnetic field in a bore having an approximately cylindrical shape. The gradient coil is disposed on an inner circumference side of the static magnetic field magnet and applies a gradient magnetic field to an object disposed in the bore. The radio frequency coil is disposed on an inner circumference side of the gradient coil and applies a radio frequency magnetic field to the object. The PET detector detects gamma rays emitted from a positron-emitting radionuclide injected into the object. The moving mechanism causes the PET detector in the gantry along the axial direction of the bore.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150045653A1 PET-MRI APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2015-02-12
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