Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Nuclear medicine imaging apparatus and radiation therapy apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 核医学成像仪器及放射治疗仪
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Application No.: US13152658Application Date: 2011-06-03
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Publication No.: US09226716B2Publication Date: 2016-01-05
- Inventor: Takuzo Takayama
- Applicant: Takuzo Takayama
- 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, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2010-128226 20100603
- Main IPC: G01T1/161
- IPC: G01T1/161 ; A61B6/03

Abstract:
A nuclear medicine imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a gradation width storage, an estimating unit, and an image generating unit. The gradation width storage is configured to store the gradation width of an image determined by the temporal resolution of a detector. The estimating unit is configured to estimate the spatial position of a positron on the basis of the spatial position of a set of detectors and a set of detection times. The image generating unit is configured to allocate pixel value to pixels corresponding to the gradation width around the estimated spatial position such that a spatial resolution corresponding to the temporal resolution is reflected on a line linking the set of detectors, thereby generating an image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110297833A1 NUCLEAR MEDICINE IMAGING APPARATUS AND RADIATION THERAPY APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2011-12-08
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