Siemens Gammasonics, Inc.

Eric G Hawman

Jiang Hsieh

A collimator is in the shape of a closed curve and has one and only one focal point. The collimator is dimensioned such that, in use, the focal point may be positioned inside the body organ to be imaged. The focal point is caused to densely trace over the body organ of interest to form a tomographic image in less time, without imaging the rest of the body slice.

Single-focus collimator and scintillation camera system and method for

Image data are acquired of an object along a given nominal view direction as well as at other view directions which are slightly off-axis with respect to the nominal view direction. The image data is used to produce an enhanced image of the view along the nominal view direction and to compensate for at least some of the effects of finite angular resolution of the camera collimator.

Method and apparatus for compensating finite angular resolution in

A collimator collimates radiation so that each beam passes through two focal lines. One of the lines is in a transaxial plane and the other line is in an axial plane. The focal length in the transaxial plane is longer than is the focal length in the axial plane. In the preferred embodiment, the focal lines are perpendicular, whereby an anamorphic collimator is produced. Alternatively, the focal lines are nonparallel, producing an astigmatic collimator.

Astigmatic collimator

A bilateral collimator for rotational camera transaxial SPECT imaging of small body organs produces two different simultaneous views of a body organ to be imaged. The views are produced by groups of passageways which do not intersect each other.

Bilateral collimator for rotational camera transaxial SPECT imaging of

A collimator is disclosed which has a stack of radiation opaque plates that is tilted to vary the angle of view of the scintillation crystal of a radiation detector with respect to a radiation source. The plates have hexagonal apertures that are aligned with corresponding apertures on adjacent plates to provide radiation transmitting channels. As the stack is tilted, the plates slide laterally over one another to change the slant of the channels.

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Buffalo Grove, IL, United States of America

Eric G Hawman