Invention Grant
- Patent Title: PET-MRI apparatus
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Application No.: US13873706Application Date: 2013-04-30
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Publication No.: US09864028B2Publication Date: 2018-01-09
- Inventor: Iwao Kanno , Takayuki Obata , Taiga Yamaya , Kazuya Okamoto , Takuzo Takayama , Hitoshi Yamagata
- Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES , TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Chiba JP Otawara-shi, Tochigi
- Assignee: National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology,Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee: National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology,Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiba JP Otawara-shi, Tochigi
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: JP2010-245605 20101101
- Main IPC: G01R33/422
- IPC: G01R33/422 ; A61B5/055 ; A61B6/03 ; A61B6/00 ; G01R33/48 ; G01T1/16 ; A61B5/00

Abstract:
In a PET (Positron Emission Tomography)-MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) apparatus of an embodiment, a transmitting radio frequency coil applies a radio frequency magnetic field on a subject placed in a static magnetic field. A detector is formed in a ring shape, disposed on a side adjacent to an outer circumference of the transmitting radio frequency coil, includes at least two PET detectors disposed with a space therebetween in an axial direction of a bore so as to interpose the magnetic field center of the static magnetic field therebetween, and detects gamma rays emitted from positron emitting radionuclides injected into the subject. Radio frequency shields are each formed in an approximately cylindrical shape, disposed between the transmitting radio frequency coil and the detector, and shield the radio frequency magnetic field generated by the transmitting radio frequency coil.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130234710A1 PET-MRI APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2013-09-12
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