CA1081869A - Automatic control system for a scintillation camera - Google Patents
Automatic control system for a scintillation cameraInfo
- Publication number
- CA1081869A CA1081869A CA263,400A CA263400A CA1081869A CA 1081869 A CA1081869 A CA 1081869A CA 263400 A CA263400 A CA 263400A CA 1081869 A CA1081869 A CA 1081869A
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- Prior art keywords
- photomultipliers
- coupled
- photomultiplier
- control system
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Classifications
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01T—MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
- G01T1/00—Measuring X-radiation, gamma radiation, corpuscular radiation, or cosmic radiation
- G01T1/16—Measuring radiation intensity
- G01T1/161—Applications in the field of nuclear medicine, e.g. in vivo counting
- G01T1/164—Scintigraphy
- G01T1/1641—Static instruments for imaging the distribution of radioactivity in one or two dimensions using one or several scintillating elements; Radio-isotope cameras
- G01T1/1648—Ancillary equipment for scintillation cameras, e.g. reference markers, devices for removing motion artifacts, calibration devices
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| FR7531868 | 1975-10-17 | ||
| FR7531868A FR2328207A1 (fr) | 1975-10-17 | 1975-10-17 | Systeme de regulation automatique pour camera a scintillations |
Publications (1)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
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| CA1081869A true CA1081869A (en) | 1980-07-15 |
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| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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| CA263,400A Expired CA1081869A (en) | 1975-10-17 | 1976-10-14 | Automatic control system for a scintillation camera |
Country Status (7)
| Country | Link |
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| US (1) | US4079257A (cg-RX-API-DMAC10.html) |
| JP (1) | JPS5920990B2 (cg-RX-API-DMAC10.html) |
| CA (1) | CA1081869A (cg-RX-API-DMAC10.html) |
| DE (1) | DE2645965C2 (cg-RX-API-DMAC10.html) |
| FR (1) | FR2328207A1 (cg-RX-API-DMAC10.html) |
| GB (1) | GB1568381A (cg-RX-API-DMAC10.html) |
| NL (1) | NL7611283A (cg-RX-API-DMAC10.html) |
Families Citing this family (23)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4172659A (en) * | 1977-12-21 | 1979-10-30 | Pako Corporation | Photographic printer with automatic sensor calibration |
| US4286868A (en) * | 1977-12-21 | 1981-09-01 | Pako Corporation | Photographic printer with automatic sensor calibration |
| DE2826484C2 (de) * | 1978-06-16 | 1982-08-26 | Laboratorium Prof. Dr. Rudolf Berthold, 7547 Wildbad | Regelverfahren zur automatischen Driftstabilisierung bei einer Strahlungsmessung und Verwendungen bei diesem Verfahren |
| US4256960A (en) * | 1979-07-25 | 1981-03-17 | General Electric Company | Instrument and method for calibrating nuclear cameras |
| US4327371A (en) | 1979-12-19 | 1982-04-27 | The Singer Company | Method and apparatus calibrating a plurality of preamplifiers |
| JPS5759183A (en) * | 1980-09-26 | 1982-04-09 | Toshiba Corp | Scintillation camera and its adjusting method |
| NL8102498A (nl) * | 1981-05-21 | 1982-12-16 | Philips Nv | Apparaat met handbediend uitwisselbaar element. |
| DK230481A (da) * | 1981-05-26 | 1982-11-27 | Gen Electric Nuclear Medical A | Anordning ved et gammakamera til automatisk forstaerkningsregulering |
| NL8103058A (nl) * | 1981-06-24 | 1983-01-17 | Philips Nv | Werkwijze voor het calibreren van een gammakamera en gammakamera met een calibratieinrichting. |
| JPS5978646A (ja) * | 1982-10-25 | 1984-05-07 | Shoichi Ando | 抹茶 |
| US4748328A (en) * | 1986-07-10 | 1988-05-31 | The University Of Iowa Research Foundation | Single photon emission computed tomograph using focused modular collimators |
| US5004904A (en) * | 1988-06-17 | 1991-04-02 | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | Method and system for controlling gain and offset in radiation measurement apparatus |
| US5412215A (en) * | 1991-10-08 | 1995-05-02 | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | Method and system capable of tuning scintillation camera by small number of light references |
| US5237173A (en) * | 1992-04-01 | 1993-08-17 | Independent Scintillation Imaging Systems, Inc. | Gain calibration in a scintillation camera |
| US5401969A (en) * | 1993-07-21 | 1995-03-28 | Scintillation Technologies Corporation | Scintillation camera |
| US5410153A (en) * | 1993-07-27 | 1995-04-25 | Park Medical Systems, Inc. | Position calculation in a scintillation camera |
| US5576547A (en) * | 1993-07-27 | 1996-11-19 | Park Medical Systems Inc. | Position calculation and energy correction in the digital scintillation camera |
| CA2212196A1 (en) | 1997-08-01 | 1999-02-01 | Is2 Research Inc. | Medical diagnostic apparatus and method |
| SE9703360D0 (sv) * | 1997-09-17 | 1997-09-17 | Btg Kaelle Inventing Ab | Sätt och anordning för bestämning av nivån för en vätska i en behållande |
| US6327546B1 (en) * | 1998-12-14 | 2001-12-04 | Adac Laboratories | Method and apparatus for independently calibrating event detectors |
| US6452164B1 (en) * | 2000-03-10 | 2002-09-17 | General Electric Company | Apparatus and method for calibrating gamma cameras |
| US6835935B2 (en) * | 2002-08-21 | 2004-12-28 | Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc. | System and method for calibrating and tuning a gamma camera |
| US8735834B2 (en) * | 2010-03-31 | 2014-05-27 | John MILLETT | Mobile cardiac positron emission tomography (moPET) camera |
Family Cites Families (3)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| US3255195A (en) * | 1963-05-21 | 1966-06-07 | Du Pont | Organometallic compounds and processes |
| FR1400546A (fr) * | 1964-04-16 | 1965-05-28 | Quartz & Silice | Perfectionnement aux spectrographes et spectromètres à scintillations |
| JPS5035435A (cg-RX-API-DMAC10.html) * | 1973-07-28 | 1975-04-04 |
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1975
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1976
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- 1976-10-14 GB GB42737/76A patent/GB1568381A/en not_active Expired
- 1976-10-14 US US05/732,384 patent/US4079257A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1976-10-14 CA CA263,400A patent/CA1081869A/en not_active Expired
- 1976-10-16 JP JP51124391A patent/JPS5920990B2/ja not_active Expired
Also Published As
| Publication number | Publication date |
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| GB1568381A (en) | 1980-05-29 |
| JPS5920990B2 (ja) | 1984-05-16 |
| US4079257A (en) | 1978-03-14 |
| NL7611283A (nl) | 1977-04-19 |
| FR2328207B1 (cg-RX-API-DMAC10.html) | 1982-05-14 |
| DE2645965C2 (de) | 1985-04-18 |
| FR2328207A1 (fr) | 1977-05-13 |
| DE2645965A1 (de) | 1977-04-21 |
| JPS5250279A (en) | 1977-04-22 |
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Legal Events
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| MKEX | Expiry |