CA1149972A - Emission tomography system - Google Patents

Emission tomography system

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CA1149972A
CA1149972A CA000362718A CA362718A CA1149972A CA 1149972 A CA1149972 A CA 1149972A CA 000362718 A CA000362718 A CA 000362718A CA 362718 A CA362718 A CA 362718A CA 1149972 A CA1149972 A CA 1149972A
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Michael E. Phelps
Edward J. Hoffman
Charles W. Williams
Samuel G. Burgiss
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Ortec Inc
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01TMEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
    • G01T1/00Measuring X-radiation, gamma radiation, corpuscular radiation, or cosmic radiation
    • G01T1/29Measurement performed on radiation beams, e.g. position or section of the beam; Measurement of spatial distribution of radiation
    • G01T1/2914Measurement of spatial distribution of radiation
    • G01T1/2985In depth localisation, e.g. using positron emitters; Tomographic imaging (longitudinal and transverse section imaging; apparatus for radiation diagnosis sequentially in different planes, steroscopic radiation diagnosis)
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B6/00Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis; Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis combined with radiation therapy equipment
    • A61B6/02Arrangements for diagnosis sequentially in different planes; Stereoscopic radiation diagnosis
    • A61B6/03Computed tomography [CT]
    • A61B6/037Emission tomography

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  • Analysing Materials By The Use Of Radiation (AREA)
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CA (1) CA1149972A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
FR (1) FR2467582A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
SE (1) SE8007290L (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)

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Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6858847B1 (en) * 1998-10-08 2005-02-22 Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc. Circuit and method for energy discrimination of coincident events in coincidence detecting gamma camera system
CN111788499A (zh) * 2018-01-26 2020-10-16 皇家飞利浦有限公司 在对各种对象和放射性分布的定量正电子发射断层摄影(pet)重建中的死时间校正方法
CN109567845A (zh) * 2018-11-26 2019-04-05 浙江明峰智能医疗科技有限公司 采用事例混合法构建pet系统的随机符合事例的方法

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FR2467582B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1984-11-16
SE8007290L (sv) 1981-04-19
FR2467582A1 (fr) 1981-04-30

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