DE69936327D1 - Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Ausrichtung eines Detektors in einem Abbildungssystem - Google Patents

Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Ausrichtung eines Detektors in einem Abbildungssystem

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DE69936327D1
DE69936327D1 DE69936327T DE69936327T DE69936327D1 DE 69936327 D1 DE69936327 D1 DE 69936327D1 DE 69936327 T DE69936327 T DE 69936327T DE 69936327 T DE69936327 T DE 69936327T DE 69936327 D1 DE69936327 D1 DE 69936327D1
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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
    • G01T1/29—Measurement performed on radiation beams, e.g. position or section of the beam; Measurement of spatial distribution of radiation
    • 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)
    • 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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DE69936327T 1998-08-25 1999-08-20 Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Ausrichtung eines Detektors in einem Abbildungssystem Expired - Lifetime DE69936327T2 (de)

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EP0982603A3 (de) 2001-09-12
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