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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2017
Gachon University of Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Gil Medical Center, Incheon, KR;
Seong-Ho Seo, Seoul, KR;
Sang-Yoon Lee, Incheon, KR;
Jun-Young Chung, Incheon, KR;
Ji-Hye Lee, Incheon, KR;
Gachon University of Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
GIL Medical Center, Incheon, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is a multi-axially variable detection module of a PET apparatus, the detection module including: a gantry having a through-hole extending from a side to an opposite side of the gantry; a detection module in which a plurality of detectors for detecting gamma rays emitted from a subject are arranged annularly along an inner circumference of the gantry; and a driving means for moving the plurality of detectors constituting the detection module in a radial direction of the detection module, wherein each of the plurality of detectors is rotatable in a longitudinal direction of the detection module to vary a length thereof in the longitudinal direction, and each of the plurality of detectors include multiple detector elements which are engaged with each other in a hinged manner in a transverse direction (circumferential direction) of the detection module to form a flat or an arc shape.