DE69420231D1 - Nuklearkamerasystem - Google Patents

Nuklearkamerasystem

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DE69420231D1
DE69420231D1 DE69420231T DE69420231T DE69420231D1 DE 69420231 D1 DE69420231 D1 DE 69420231D1 DE 69420231 T DE69420231 T DE 69420231T DE 69420231 T DE69420231 T DE 69420231T DE 69420231 D1 DE69420231 D1 DE 69420231D1
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camera system
nuclear camera
nuclear
camera
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Hugh T Morgan
Bryce G Thornton
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Philips Nuclear Medicine Inc
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Picker International Inc
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    • 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
    • G01T1/1642—Static instruments for imaging the distribution of radioactivity in one or two dimensions using one or several scintillating elements; Radio-isotope cameras using a scintillation crystal and position sensing photodetector arrays, e.g. ANGER cameras
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    • G01T1/2914—Measurement of spatial distribution of radiation
    • G01T1/2985—In 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)
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    • G06T11/003—Reconstruction from projections, e.g. tomography
    • G06T11/005—Specific pre-processing for tomographic reconstruction, e.g. calibration, source positioning, rebinning, scatter correction, retrospective gating
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    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21K—TECHNIQUES FOR HANDLING PARTICLES OR IONISING RADIATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; IRRADIATION DEVICES; GAMMA RAY OR X-RAY MICROSCOPES
    • G21K1/00—Arrangements for handling particles or ionising radiation, e.g. focusing or moderating
    • G21K1/02—Arrangements for handling particles or ionising radiation, e.g. focusing or moderating using diaphragms, collimators
    • G21K1/025—Arrangements for handling particles or ionising radiation, e.g. focusing or moderating using diaphragms, collimators using multiple collimators, e.g. Bucky screens; other devices for eliminating undesired or dispersed radiation
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    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/103—Detecting, measuring or recording devices for testing the shape, pattern, colour, size or movement of the body or parts thereof, for diagnostic purposes
    • A61B5/107—Measuring physical dimensions, e.g. size of the entire body or parts thereof
    • A61B5/1077—Measuring of profiles
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DE69420231T 1993-11-19 1994-11-14 Nuklearkamerasystem Expired - Fee Related DE69420231T2 (de)

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US08/155,015 US5479021A (en) 1991-06-10 1993-11-19 Transmission line source assembly for spect cameras

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EP (1) EP0654684B1 (de)
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