Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Thyroid uptake measurement apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 甲状腺摄取测量装置
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Application No.: US12681324Application Date: 2009-11-24
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Publication No.: US08093561B2Publication Date: 2012-01-10
- Inventor: Yong Kown Kim , Jin hun Joung , Seung Jae Lee
- Applicant: Yong Kown Kim , Jin hun Joung , Seung Jae Lee
- Applicant Address: KR
- Assignee: NuCare Medical Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: NuCare Medical Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR
- Agency: Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC
- Priority: KR10-2009-0096057 20091009
- International Application: PCT/KR2009/006908 WO 20091124
- International Announcement: WO2011/043511 WO 20110414
- Main IPC: G01T1/20
- IPC: G01T1/20

Abstract:
Disclosed is a thyroid uptake measurement apparatus, in which a radiation attenuation filter is detachably provided at the leading end of a collimator of a radiation detector. The radiation attenuation filter inhibits the saturation of signals when gamma rays exceeding the maximum counting rate are entered. Accordingly, it is possible to inhibit the distortion of signals when the pile-up of the signals increases by an increase in the radiation decay. Moreover, the use of the radiation attenuation filter can significantly improve the scatter fraction, that is, the ratio of scattered radiation/total radiation generated by material scatter of radiation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110213246A1 THYROID UPTAKE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2011-09-01
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