Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Radiation tomography apparatus
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Application No.: US16084276Application Date: 2017-01-16
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Publication No.: US10247835B1Publication Date: 2019-04-02
- Inventor: Junichi Ohi
- Applicant: Shimadzu Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto
- Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
- Current Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto
- Agency: Maier & Maier, PLLC
- Priority: JP2016-100338 20160519
- International Application: PCT/JP2017/001221 WO 20170116
- International Announcement: WO2017/199464 WO 20171123
- Main IPC: G01T1/29
- IPC: G01T1/29 ; G01T1/161 ; G01T1/164 ; A61B6/03 ; A61B6/00 ; G01T1/202

Abstract:
A detector ring has a first unit and a second unit that are rotatably movable and an auxiliary unit movable in a central axis direction. The auxiliary unit is moved in the central axis direction relative to the units. The detector ring forms into a C shape to form a clearance. Subsequently, the first unit and the second unit are rotatably moved to move the clearance of the detector ring to a position distant from a support member. A patient can be introduced from the clearance. The detector ring is returned to an annular shape in the reverse sequence of the above one with the patient introduced. A annihilation radiation pairs can be detected from all directions to take a tomographic image, and a functional image with higher image quality than that of a conventional configuration can be obtained.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190079203A1 RADIATION TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2019-03-14
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