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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2017
Applicants:
Paul B. Thomas, San Pedro, CA (US);
Farhad Daghighian, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Inventors:
Paul B. Thomas, San Pedro, CA (US);
Farhad Daghighian, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Assignee:
Prescient Imaging, LLC, Hawthorne, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/4435 (2013.01); A61B 6/037 (2013.01); A61B 6/4266 (2013.01); A61B 6/465 (2013.01);
Abstract
A positron emission tomography (PET) scanner in which a horizontal detector ring is arranged to be moved vertically up and down by a lifting mechanism, thereby eliminating the need for a patient to be in a supine position when performing PET or other types of image scanning.