JP6545565B2 - 検出器、核医学イメージング装置、pet−ct装置及びpet−mri装置 - Google Patents
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まず、実施形態に係る核医学イメージング装置の構成について説明する。実施形態では、核医学イメージング装置の一例としてPET装置を例に挙げて説明する。
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- 放射線を変換した光を電気信号に変換して出力する複数の光電子増倍装置と、
前記複数の光電子増倍装置の各々に対し、前記電気信号が流れる第1の経路及び第2の経路の長さが異なる信号線と、
前記第1の経路を流れる前記電気信号と前記第2の経路を流れる前記電気信号との時間差により、前記電気信号を出力する前記光電子増倍装置を特定する特定部と、
を備える、検出器。 - 放射線を光に変換して出力する複数のシンチレータを更に備え、
前記複数の光電子増倍装置のそれぞれは、前記複数のシンチレータのそれぞれから出力された光を前記電気信号に変換して出力する、請求項1に記載の検出器。 - 請求項2に記載の検出器を備え、
前記特定部は、前記第1の経路を流れる前記電気信号と前記第2の経路を流れる前記電気信号との時間差に基づいて、前記複数のシンチレータの中から、前記第1の経路を流れる前記電気信号及び前記第2の経路を流れる前記電気信号に対応する光を出力したシンチレータを特定する、核医学イメージング装置。 - 前記特定部は、前記第1の経路を流れる前記電気信号と前記第2の経路を流れる前記電気信号との差分信号における立ち上がりと立ち下がりとの間の時間に基づいて、前記複数のシンチレータの中から、該差分信号に対応する光を出力したシンチレータを特定する、請求項3に記載の核医学イメージング装置。
- 前記特定部は、更に、前記差分信号における立ち上がり及び立ち下がりの順序に基づいて、前記複数のシンチレータの中から、該差分信号に対応する光を出力したシンチレータを特定する、請求項4に記載の核医学イメージング装置。
- 前記特定部は、前記差分信号にパイルアップが発生している場合には、該差分信号における複数の立ち上がり及び複数の立ち下がりの中から、対応する立ち上がり及び立ち下がりの複数の組を特定し、特定した複数の組のそれぞれが示す立ち上がりと立ち下がりとの間の時間に基づいて、前記複数のシンチレータの中から、該差分信号に対応する光を出力したシンチレータを特定する、請求項4又は5に記載の核医学イメージング装置。
- 請求項1又は2に記載の検出器と、
X線CT画像の再構成に用いられるデータを収集するCT用の架台と、
を備える、PET−CT装置。 - 請求項1又は2に記載の検出器と、
磁気共鳴信号を収集するMRI用の架台と、
を備える、PET−MRI装置。
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