Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Magnetic shielding for a PET detector system
- Patent Title (中): 用于PET检测器系统的磁屏蔽
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Application No.: US12369311Application Date: 2009-02-11
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Publication No.: US08013607B2Publication Date: 2011-09-06
- Inventor: Gordon D. DeMeester , Michael A. Morich , Kevin C. McMahon , Jerome J. Griesmer
- Applicant: Gordon D. DeMeester , Michael A. Morich , Kevin C. McMahon , Jerome J. Griesmer
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
- Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Main IPC: G01V3/00
- IPC: G01V3/00

Abstract:
A positron emission tomography (PET) detector ring comprising: a radiation detector ring comprising scintillators (74) viewed by photomultiplier tubes (72); and a magnetic field shielding enclosure (83, 84) surrounding sides and a back side of the annular radiation detector ring so as to shield the photomultiplier tubes of the radiation detector ring. Secondary magnetic field shielding (76′) may also be provided, comprising a ferromagnetic material having higher magnetic permeability and lower magnetic saturation characteristics as compared with the magnetic field shielding enclosure, the second magnetic field shielding also arranged to shield the photomultiplier tubes of the radiation detector ring. The secondary magnetic field shielding may comprise a mu-metal. The PET detector ring may be part of a hybrid imaging system also including a magnetic resonance (MR) scanner, the PET detector ring being arranged respective to the MR scanner such that a stray magnetic field from the MR scanner impinges on the PET detector ring.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090195249A1 MAGNETIC SHIELDING FOR A PET DETECTOR SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2009-08-06
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