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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 25, 2012
Applicants:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
National University Corporation Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, JP;
Inventors:
Masayori Ishikawa, Hokkaido, JP;
Mitsuhiro Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Takanobu Handa, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsufumi Aoi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignees:
HITACHI, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, Hokkaido, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/10 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/1081 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/037 (2013.01); A61B 6/4417 (2013.01); A61N 5/1049 (2013.01); A61N 5/1039 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1052 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1091 (2013.01);
Abstract
An X-ray therapy system includes a gantry, a positron emission tomography (PET) detection device in the gantry, and an irradiation unit in the gantry (and configured to radiate X-rays to a patient. The PET detection device has a pair of photon detection units and photon detection unit-moving devices configured to move the pair of photon detection units with respect to the gantry.