IL130935A - שיטות והתקן להפחתת גופים של אורך-גל במערכת טומוגרפיה ממוחשבת - Google Patents

שיטות והתקן להפחתת גופים של אורך-גל במערכת טומוגרפיה ממוחשבת

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IL130935A
IL130935A IL13093599A IL13093599A IL130935A IL 130935 A IL130935 A IL 130935A IL 13093599 A IL13093599 A IL 13093599A IL 13093599 A IL13093599 A IL 13093599A IL 130935 A IL130935 A IL 130935A
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Prior art keywords
scintillator
gap
collimator
collimator plate
accordance
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IL13093599A
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Gen Electric
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B6/00—Apparatus for radiation diagnosis, e.g. combined with radiation therapy equipment
    • A61B6/02—Devices for diagnosis sequentially in different planes; Stereoscopic radiation diagnosis
    • A61B6/03—Computerised tomographs
    • A61B6/032—Transmission computed tomography [CT]
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B6/00—Apparatus for radiation diagnosis, e.g. combined with radiation therapy equipment
    • A61B6/06—Diaphragms
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B6/00—Apparatus for radiation diagnosis, e.g. combined with radiation therapy equipment
    • A61B6/40—Apparatus for radiation diagnosis, e.g. combined with radiation therapy equipment with arrangements for generating radiation specially adapted for radiation diagnosis
    • A61B6/4064—Apparatus for radiation diagnosis, e.g. combined with radiation therapy equipment with arrangements for generating radiation specially adapted for radiation diagnosis specially adapted for producing a particular type of beam
    • A61B6/4085—Cone-beams
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B6/00—Apparatus for radiation diagnosis, e.g. combined with radiation therapy equipment
    • A61B6/44—Constructional features of apparatus for radiation diagnosis
    • A61B6/4411—Constructional features of apparatus for radiation diagnosis the apparatus being modular
    • 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)
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B6/00—Apparatus for radiation diagnosis, e.g. combined with radiation therapy equipment
    • A61B6/40—Apparatus for radiation diagnosis, e.g. combined with radiation therapy equipment with arrangements for generating radiation specially adapted for radiation diagnosis
    • A61B6/4021—Apparatus for radiation diagnosis, e.g. combined with radiation therapy equipment with arrangements for generating radiation specially adapted for radiation diagnosis involving movement of the focal spot
IL13093599A 1998-07-17 1999-07-14 שיטות והתקן להפחתת גופים של אורך-גל במערכת טומוגרפיה ממוחשבת IL130935A (he)

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US09/118,397 US6266434B1 (en) 1998-07-17 1998-07-17 Methods and apparatus for reducing spectral artifacts in a computed tomograph system

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IL130935A true IL130935A (he) 2004-08-31

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US (1) US6266434B1 (he)
EP (1) EP0973048B1 (he)
JP (1) JP4502422B2 (he)
DE (1) DE69936278T2 (he)
IL (1) IL130935A (he)

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EP0973048A2 (en) 2000-01-19
IL130935A0 (en) 2001-01-28
US6266434B1 (en) 2001-07-24
DE69936278D1 (de) 2007-07-26
EP0973048B1 (en) 2007-06-13
DE69936278T2 (de) 2008-02-14
JP4502422B2 (ja) 2010-07-14
EP0973048A3 (en) 2002-07-31
JP2000037377A (ja) 2000-02-08

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