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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2015
Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Tomoaki Tsuda, Kyoto, JP;
Tetsuya Kobayashi, Kyoto, JP;
Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A radiation tomograph whereby the acquisition of transmission data and the measurement of annihilation radiation pairs are simultaneously performed by a single detector ring so as to realize both reduction of the manufacturing cost of a PET device and reduction of a burden to a subject. The transmission data, which shows the distribution of annihilation radiation absorption characteristics within a subject, is computed from data relating to annihilation radiation pairs in the vicinity of a surface of the subject. The transmission data can be acquired by detecting a radioactive drug derived from the subject, which makes imaging exclusively for transmission data unnecessary.