Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Radiological imaging apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 放射成像装置
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Application No.: US12331299Application Date: 2008-12-09
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Publication No.: US07634048B2Publication Date: 2009-12-15
- Inventor: Shinichi Kojima , Takashi Okazaki , Yuuichirou Ueno , Kikuo Umegaki , Kensuke Amemiya , Kazuhiro Takeuchi , Hiroshi Kitaguchi , Kazuma Yokoi , Norihito Yanagita
- Applicant: Shinichi Kojima , Takashi Okazaki , Yuuichirou Ueno , Kikuo Umegaki , Kensuke Amemiya , Kazuhiro Takeuchi , Hiroshi Kitaguchi , Kazuma Yokoi , Norihito Yanagita
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Dickstein Shapiro LLP
- Priority: JP2001-368062 20011203; JP2002-059414 20020305
- Main IPC: A61B6/00
- IPC: A61B6/00

Abstract:
A radiological imaging apparatus of the present invention comprises an image pickup device and a medical examinee holding device that is provided with a bed. The image pickup device includes a large number of radiation detectors and radiation detector support plates. A large number of radiation detectors are mounted around the circumference of a through-hole and arranged in the axial direction of the through-hole. The radiation detectors are arranged in three layers formed radially with respect to the center of the through-hole and mounted on the lateral surfaces of the radiation detector support plates. Since the radiation detectors are not only arranged in the axial direction and circumferential direction of the through-hole but also arrayed in the radial direction, it is possible to obtain accurate information about a γ-ray arrival position in the radial direction of the through-hole (the positional information about a radiation detector from which a γ-ray image pickup signal is output). The use of accurate information about γ-ray arrival increases the tomogram accuracy. As a result, the present invention enhances the tomogram accuracy, that is, the PET examination accuracy.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090092229A1 RADIOLOGICAL IMAGING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2009-04-09
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