Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Radiation detection device and nuclear medicine diagnosis apparatus including the same
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Application No.: US16616787Application Date: 2017-07-03
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Publication No.: US11092697B2Publication Date: 2021-08-17
- Inventor: Masayuki Nakazawa , Tetsuo Furumiya
- Applicant: Shimadzu Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto
- Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
- Current Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto
- Agency: Muir Patent Law, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/JP2017/024392 WO 20170703
- International Announcement: WO2019/008645 WO 20190110
- Main IPC: G01T1/16
- IPC: G01T1/16 ; G01T1/164 ; A61B6/03 ; G01T1/24

Abstract:
A radiation detection device (300) is used in a nuclear medicine diagnosis apparatus, and includes a plurality of scintillators (44), a semiconductor light-receiving device (SiPM), a position detection circuit (214), and a timing detection circuit (216). Each of the scintillators converts a gamma ray emitted from a subject (15) into fluorescence. The semiconductor light-receiving device is provided corresponding to each of the scintillators and converts the fluorescence converted by a corresponding one of the scintillators into an electrical signal. The position detection circuit specifies a gamma ray detection position in the scintillators based on the electrical signal from the semiconductor light-receiving device. The timing detection circuit is connected to an anode of the semiconductor light-receiving device, and specifies time information corresponding to a time of occurrence of an event in which the gamma ray is detected.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200333476A1 Radiation Detection Device and Nuclear Medicine Diagnosis Apparatus Including the Same Public/Granted day:2020-10-22
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