GB1432870A - Scintillation camera with linearity - Google Patents

Scintillation camera with linearity

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GB1432870A
GB1432870A GB836974A GB836974A GB1432870A GB 1432870 A GB1432870 A GB 1432870A GB 836974 A GB836974 A GB 836974A GB 836974 A GB836974 A GB 836974A GB 1432870 A GB1432870 A GB 1432870A
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signals
photomultiplier
correction
central
gain
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GD Searle LLC
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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
    • G01T1/1642—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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GB836974A 1973-02-23 1974-02-25 Scintillation camera with linearity Expired GB1432870A (en)

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US00335327A US3851177A (en) 1973-02-23 1973-02-23 Scintillation camera with improved linearity

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GB1432870A true GB1432870A (en) 1976-04-22

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US (1) US3851177A (enExample)
JP (1) JPS5653711B2 (enExample)
CA (1) CA997485A (enExample)
CH (1) CH574611A5 (enExample)
DE (1) DE2408429A1 (enExample)
FR (1) FR2219424B1 (enExample)
GB (1) GB1432870A (enExample)
IT (1) IT1003575B (enExample)
NL (1) NL7402526A (enExample)
SE (1) SE398008B (enExample)
ZA (1) ZA741143B (enExample)

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DE2719837A1 (de) * 1976-05-07 1977-12-08 Ohio Nuclear Schaltungsanordnung zur bildverbesserung bei einer mit kernstrahlung arbeitenden kamera
US4281382A (en) * 1977-12-21 1981-07-28 Medtronic, Inc. Radiation signal processing system
US4817038A (en) * 1977-12-21 1989-03-28 Siemens Gammasonics, Inc. Radiation signal processing system
US5500886A (en) * 1994-04-06 1996-03-19 Thermospectra X-ray position measuring and calibration device

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US3953735A (en) * 1973-06-14 1976-04-27 Ohio Nuclear, Inc. Radiation sensing device
US4060730A (en) * 1973-09-07 1977-11-29 Elscint, Ltd. Scintillation camera for establishing the coordinates of a radiation stimuli produced by a radiation field
US4066902A (en) * 1974-03-23 1978-01-03 Emi Limited Radiography with detector compensating means
FR2286393A1 (fr) * 1974-09-27 1976-04-23 Labo Electronique Physique Systeme automatique de reetalonnage permanent pour camera a scintillation
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US4071762A (en) * 1976-10-12 1978-01-31 General Electric Company Scintillation camera with improved output means
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US4142102A (en) * 1977-06-20 1979-02-27 General Electric Company Energy independent uniformity improvement for gamma camera systems
US4298944A (en) * 1979-06-22 1981-11-03 Siemens Gammasonics, Inc. Distortion correction method and apparatus for scintillation cameras
FR2479990A1 (fr) * 1980-04-04 1981-10-09 Labo Electronique Physique Dispositif electronique de correction des defauts de linearite d'une camera de gammagraphie de type anger
JPS5759183A (en) * 1980-09-26 1982-04-09 Toshiba Corp Scintillation camera and its adjusting method
US4531058A (en) * 1982-01-28 1985-07-23 The Massachusetts General Hospital Positron source position sensing detector and electronics
DE3336810C2 (de) * 1983-10-10 1985-10-24 Kernforschungsanlage Jülich GmbH, 5170 Jülich Elektronenenergie-Analysator mit einem Mikrokanalplatten-Detektor
JPH065280B2 (ja) * 1985-04-17 1994-01-19 株式会社東芝 シンチレ−シヨンカメラ
CA1245375A (en) * 1986-06-06 1988-11-22 Roger Lecomte Scintillation detector for tomographs
US6362479B1 (en) * 1998-03-25 2002-03-26 Cti Pet Systems, Inc. Scintillation detector array for encoding the energy, position, and time coordinates of gamma ray interactions
US6103147A (en) * 1999-05-27 2000-08-15 Saint-Gobain Industrial Ceramics, Inc. Method and apparatus for manufacturing curved gamma camera detector crystals
US8957384B2 (en) * 2011-02-02 2015-02-17 General Electric Company Gamma ray detector linearity calibration

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US3591806A (en) * 1970-03-17 1971-07-06 Atomic Energy Commission Multicrystal tomographic scanner for mapping thin cross section of radioactivity in an organ of the human body

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE2719837A1 (de) * 1976-05-07 1977-12-08 Ohio Nuclear Schaltungsanordnung zur bildverbesserung bei einer mit kernstrahlung arbeitenden kamera
US4281382A (en) * 1977-12-21 1981-07-28 Medtronic, Inc. Radiation signal processing system
US4817038A (en) * 1977-12-21 1989-03-28 Siemens Gammasonics, Inc. Radiation signal processing system
US5500886A (en) * 1994-04-06 1996-03-19 Thermospectra X-ray position measuring and calibration device

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JPS49119680A (enExample) 1974-11-15
ZA741143B (en) 1975-04-30
IT1003575B (it) 1976-06-10
NL7402526A (enExample) 1974-08-27
CA997485A (en) 1976-09-21
AU6595574A (en) 1975-08-28
CH574611A5 (enExample) 1976-04-15
DE2408429A1 (de) 1974-09-05
JPS5653711B2 (enExample) 1981-12-21
US3851177A (en) 1974-11-26
FR2219424A1 (enExample) 1974-09-20
FR2219424B1 (enExample) 1977-09-16
SE398008B (sv) 1977-11-28

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Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
429A Application made for amendment of specification (sect. 29/1949)
429H Application (made) for amendment of specification now open to opposition (sect. 29/1949)
429D Case decided by the comptroller ** specification amended (sect. 29/1949)
PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee