Title:
TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER WITH AXIALLY DISCONTINUOUS DETECTOR ARRAY
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2005029507
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A tomography scanner has intentionally designed, well defined gaps (G) between detector rings (12) with image reconstruction obtained with the use of conventional tomography data processing. The scanner is particularly advantageous as a small animal PET scanner.
Inventors:
VAQUERO JUAN JOSE (ES)
SEIDEL JURGEN (US)
GREEN MICHAEL V (US)
SEIDEL JURGEN (US)
GREEN MICHAEL V (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2004/030656
Publication Date:
February 02, 2006
Filing Date:
September 20, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TRIDENT IMAGING INC (US)
International Classes:
G01T1/166; G21K; (IPC1-7): G01T1/166
Foreign References:
| US5591977A | 1997-01-07 | |||
| US6490476B1 | 2002-12-03 |
Other References:
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WIENHARD K. ET AL.: "The ECAT HRRT: performance and first clinical application of the new high resolution research tomograph.", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE, vol. 49, no. 1, February 2002 (2002-02-01), pages 104 - 110, XP002993704
WIENHARD K. ET AL.: "The ECAT HRRT: performance and first clinical application of the new high resolution research tomograph.", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE, vol. 49, no. 1, February 2002 (2002-02-01), pages 104 - 110, XP002993704
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