公开(公告)号：US12127871B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-29

申请号：US18000861

申请日：2020-07-20

Applicant: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.

Inventor： John Keller ,  James L. Corbeil ,  Ziad Burbar ,  Stefan Siegel

IPC: A61B6/00

CPC classification number: A61B6/4488

Abstract: A gantry cooling system of a diagnostic medical imaging apparatus transfers apparatus-generated heat, such as gantry heat, to a solid material heatsink, via a circulating-fluid coolant conduit. In some embodiments, the heatsink is incorporated in the ground or within the building structure housing the apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US20230255573A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-17

申请号：US18004183

申请日：2020-11-13

Applicant: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.

Inventor： Ziad Burbar ,  Inki Hong ,  James L. Corbeil

IPC: A61B6/04 ,  A61B6/03 ,  A61B6/00

CPC classification number: A61B6/0407 ,  A61B6/035 ,  A61B6/037 ,  A61B6/4417 ,  A61B6/0487

Abstract: A patient handling system (PHS) for a medical imaging system having a tunnel that extends through at least one scanning portion of the system. The PHS includes a first moveable pedestal that supports a detachable first pallet that includes a first patient. The first pedestal moves the first pallet through the tunnel to enable scanning of the first patient. The PHS also includes a second moveable pedestal located at a tunnel exit. The second pedestal attaches to the first pallet as the first pallet moves through the tunnel and the first pedestal subsequently detaches from the first pallet. The second pedestal then moves away from the tunnel exit to remove the first pallet from the tunnel. A second patient to be scanned is simultaneously prepared for scanning on a second pallet as the first pallet is moved through the tunnel in order to increase patient throughput through system.

公开(公告)号：US10993684B1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-04

申请号：US15929615

申请日：2020-05-13

Applicant: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.

Inventor： Ziad Burbar ,  James L. Corbeil ,  Jeffrey Bostrom

IPC: G01T1/29 ,  A61B6/00 ,  A61B6/03

Abstract: Disclosed is a PET detector assembly in a combined PET/CT scanner system having a backplane structure for supporting two or more PET detector rings that provides substantially balanced load on the gantry backplane while accommodating the varying number of PET detector rings between short axial PET FOV system as well as long axial PET FOV system.

公开(公告)号：US12189006B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-07

申请号：US18040491

申请日：2021-08-23

Applicant: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.

Inventor： Ludwig Eberler ,  James L. Corbeil ,  Martin Schramm ,  Stefan Stocker

IPC: G01R33/28 ,  A61B6/00 ,  A61B6/03

Abstract: A gantry tube for a medical imaging system. The gantry tube includes a first tube located within a second tube, wherein the first tube is oriented about a longitudinal axis of the system. The gantry tube also includes a plurality of wall elements that extend between the first and second tubes, wherein the walls and first and second tubes form a plurality of channels that extend in an axial direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis wherein each channel is configured to hold a detector of the system. A detector is inserted into or removed from an associated channel in an axial direction from either a first end or a second end of the gantry tube.

公开(公告)号：US20230288508A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-14

申请号：US18004186

申请日：2020-09-11

Applicant: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.

Inventor： Matthias J. Schmand ,  Paul Schleyer ,  James L. Corbeil ,  Vladimir Panin

IPC: G01R33/48 ,  A61B6/03 ,  A61B6/00 ,  G06T11/00

CPC classification number: G01R33/481 ,  A61B6/037 ,  A61B6/4266 ,  A61B6/4275 ,  G06T11/006 ,  G06T2211/424

Abstract: A PET system for a PET/MRI machine is disclosed. The PET system includes a PET detector assembly arranged to form a single gap aligned with the high-density support structure assembly and the shielded cable assembly that run along the patient bed in the PET/MRI machine. The PET detector arrangement maximizes the allowable diameter of the PET system within the MR magnet and ensures that the high-density material does not interfere with image acquisition. Further, various image reconstruction techniques compatible with the PET detector arrangement are described.

公开(公告)号：US11154262B1

公开(公告)日：2021-10-26

申请号：US16946514

申请日：2020-06-25

Applicant: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.

Inventor： James L. Corbeil ,  Nicholas Gullette ,  Jeffrey Bostrom

IPC: A61B6/00 ,  A61B6/03

Abstract: Detector heads in a gantry of a medical imaging apparatus are pivotally-coupled to mounting rails oriented axially about the gantry's axial centerline. Radial alignment blocks facilitate alignment and fixation of detector faces circumferentially transverse and normal to a radius projecting from the gantry's axial centerline. A column of detector heads on a common rail are separated by axial stop blocks, for precise axial separation. Abutting detector heads on a common mounting rail are slaved to another previously transverse-aligned detector through a common, shared radial alignment block. Plural, stacked gantry backplanes are fabricated simultaneously, assuring common circumferential and radial co-registration of plural mounting rails relative to the axial centerline of the gantry. Adjustable orientation of the detector heads compensates for tolerance stack up during final assembly of the gantry, so that the detector heads are mutually aligned in a uniform grid of axial columns and circumferential rows.

公开(公告)号：US20160303631A1

公开(公告)日：2016-10-20

申请号：US15088335

申请日：2016-04-01

Applicant: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.

Inventor： Mark S. Andreaco ,  Troy Marlar ,  Brant Quinton ,  James L. Corbeil

IPC: B21D3/02 ,  B21D51/18 ,  C30B15/10

CPC classification number: B21D3/02 ,  B21D3/14 ,  B21D35/005 ,  B21D51/18 ,  C30B35/002

Abstract: Roll forming is used for re-shaping an iridium crucible. The crucible is placed on a platen. The platen rotates the crucible while heat is applied by a plurality of torches. A plurality of rollers press on the rotating, heated crucible to re-shape. The roll forming allows for a greater number of repetitions of the re-shaping, increasing the number of uses per expensive re-fabrication of the crucible. The roll forming may provide more exact re-shaping

Abstract translation: 辊成型用于重新成型铱坩埚。 将坩埚放置在压板上。 当通过多个割炬施加热量时，压板旋转坩埚。 多个辊压在旋转加热的坩埚上以重新形成。 辊轧成形允许更多数量的重新成形，增加了每个昂贵的坩埚重新制造的使用次数。 辊成型可以提供更精确的重塑

公开(公告)号：US20160170043A1

公开(公告)日：2016-06-16

申请号：US15048161

申请日：2016-02-19

Applicant: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. ,  University of Tennessee Research Foundation

Inventor： Mark S. Andreaco ,  Peter Carl Cohen ,  Matthias J. Schmand ,  James L. Corbeil ,  Alexander Andrew Carey ,  Robert A. Mintzer ,  Charles L. Melcher ,  Merry A. Koschan

IPC: G01T1/20

CPC classification number: G01T1/2002

Abstract: A scintillator element is disclosed where the scintillator element includes a scintillator formed of a scintillation material capable of converting non-visible radiation into scintillation light, wherein the scintillator has a plurality of laser-etched micro-voids within the scintillator, each micro-void having an interior surface, and an intrinsic reflective layer is formed on the interior surface of at least some of the micro-voids, wherein the intrinsic reflective layer is formed from the scintillation material.

Abstract translation: 公开了一种闪烁体元件，其中闪烁体元件包括由能够将不可见辐射转换成闪烁光的闪烁材料形成的闪烁体，其中闪烁体在闪烁体内具有多个激光蚀刻微孔，每个微孔具有 内表面和内反射层形成在至少一些微孔的内表面上，其中本征反射层由闪烁材料形成。

公开(公告)号：US11828891B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-28

申请号：US16596901

申请日：2019-10-09

Applicant: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.

Inventor： Robert A. Mintzer ,  James Christopher Arnott ,  Mehmet Aykac ,  Johannes Breuer ,  Sanghee Cho ,  Peter Hansen ,  Maciej P. Kapusta ,  James L. Corbeil ,  Nan Zhang

IPC: G01T1/20 ,  G01T1/208 ,  G01T1/29 ,  A61B6/03 ,  G01T1/164 ,  A61B6/00 ,  G01T1/16 ,  G01R33/48

CPC classification number: G01T1/208 ,  A61B6/037 ,  A61B6/4233 ,  A61B6/4241 ,  A61B6/4258 ,  G01T1/1606 ,  G01T1/1647 ,  G01T1/20183 ,  G01T1/20184 ,  G01T1/20185 ,  G01T1/2985 ,  A61B6/032 ,  A61B6/4417 ,  G01R33/481

Abstract: A scintillation block detector employs an array of optically air coupled scintillation pixels, the array being wrapped in reflector material and optically coupled to an array of silicon photomultiplier light sensors with common-cathode signal timing pickoff and individual anode signal position and energy determination. The design features afford an optimized combination of photopeak energy event sensitivity and timing, while reducing electronic circuit complexity and power requirements, and easing necessary fabrication methods. Four of these small blocks, or “miniblocks,” can be combined as optically and electrically separated quadrants of a larger single detector in order to recover detection efficiency that would otherwise be lost due to scattering between them. Events are validated for total energy by summing the contributions from the four quadrants, while the trigger is generated from either the timing signal of the quadrant with the highest energy deposition, the first timing signal derived from the four quadrant time-pickoff signals, or a statistically optimum combination of the individual quadrant event times, so as to maintain good timing for scatter events. This further reduces the number of electronic channels required per unit detector area while avoiding the timing degradation characteristic of excessively large SiPM arrays.

公开(公告)号：US20230218246A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-13

申请号：US18188513

申请日：2023-03-23

Applicant: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.

Inventor： Ziad Burbar ,  James L. Corbeil ,  Jeffrey Bostrom ,  James Williams

IPC: A61B6/08 ,  A61B6/03 ,  A61B90/00

CPC classification number: A61B6/08 ,  A61B6/037 ,  A61B6/032 ,  A61B90/36 ,  A61B2090/3614 ,  A61B2090/3618

Abstract: A lighting arrangement for a medical imaging system having a cylindrical wall that forms a tunnel that receives a patient to be scanned. The lighting arrangement includes a transparent wall section formed in the wall, wherein the transparent wall section extends along a transparent portion of a wall circumference. The imaging system also includes a lighting device located adjacent an outer surface of the transparent wall section. The lighting device extends along a device portion of a wall circumference corresponding to the transparent portion wherein light emitted by the lighting device is transmitted through the transparent wall section in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the tunnel to circumferentially illuminate the tunnel. In addition, a system status is indicated by a color of light emitted by the LEDs. Further, light emitted by the lighting device varies in intensity to indicate a changing count rate.