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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2012
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Herfried Karl Wieczorek, Aachen, DE;
Jinghan Ye, Cupertino, CA (US);
Lingxiong Shao, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); G01T 1/164 (2006.01); G01T 1/24 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/4266 (2013.01); A61B 6/037 (2013.01); A61B 6/4258 (2013.01); G01T 1/1644 (2013.01); G01T 1/249 (2013.01); A61B 6/0407 (2013.01); A61B 6/0457 (2013.01); A61B 6/4275 (2013.01); A61B 6/4291 (2013.01); A61B 6/5205 (2013.01);
Abstract
A whole body SPECT system () includes a patient support () and a static gantry () which includes a plurality of rings () of radiation detectors (). The patient support () supports a patient and moves the patient in an axial direction () through the static gantry (). One or more processors () connected to the plurality of detectors records strikes of gamma photons in the radiation detectors () and reconstruct the recorded strikes of the gamma photons into a whole body image.