Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Nuclear medicine imaging apparatus and analyzing system
- Patent Title (中): 核医学成像设备及分析系统
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Application No.: US13586949Application Date: 2012-08-16
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Publication No.: US08373131B2Publication Date: 2013-02-12
- Inventor: Manabu Teshigawara , Takuzo Takayama , Yuuji Yanagida , Takaya Umehara
- Applicant: Manabu Teshigawara , Takuzo Takayama , Yuuji Yanagida , Takaya Umehara
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Otawara-shi
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Otawara-shi
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2010-178603 20100809
- Main IPC: G01T1/164
- IPC: G01T1/164

Abstract:
A PET apparatus includes an optical coupling detachment testing unit. In one example, the optical coupling detachment testing unit inputs an electric signal to a piezoelectric element or the like adhered to a detector module and generates a sound wave within the detector module. Further, the optical coupling detachment testing unit detects the sound wave propagated within the detector module and performs a frequency analysis on the detected sound wave. Subsequently, as a result of the analysis, the optical coupling detachment testing unit detects whether an optical coupling detachment has occurred by looking for a frequency distribution specific to a surface having an optical coupling detachment and/or comparing a frequency distribution with another frequency distribution from a previous test.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120312996A1 NUCLEAR MEDICINE IMAGING APPARATUS AND ANALYZING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2012-12-13
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