Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Adjustable detector array for a nuclear medicine imaging system
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Application No.: US16747155Application Date: 2020-01-20
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Publication No.: US11406335B2Publication Date: 2022-08-09
- Inventor: Jean-Paul Bouhnik
- Applicant: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Applicant Address: US WI Milwaukee
- Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Current Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WI Milwaukee
- Agency: McCoy Russell LLP
- Main IPC: A61B6/00
- IPC: A61B6/00

Abstract:
Methods and systems are provided for a medical imaging system having a detector array. In one example, the detector array may include a plurality of adjustable imaging detectors, each of the plurality of adjustable imaging detectors including a detector unit, each detector unit having a plurality of rows of detector modules, wherein the plurality of adjustable imaging detectors may be arranged on an annular gantry, the annular gantry configured for rotation about an axis of a cylindrical aperture of the annular gantry, the axis extending a length of the cylindrical aperture, and wherein each of the plurality of adjustable imaging detectors may be disposed within the cylindrical aperture and may extend orthogonally toward the axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210219932A1 ADJUSTABLE DETECTOR ARRAY FOR A NUCLEAR MEDICINE IMAGING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2021-07-22
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