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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2024
Applicant:
Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Inventors:
Stefan B. Siegel, Knoxville, TN (US);
Ziad Burbar, Knoxville, TN (US);
Inki Hong, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/29 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2024.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/42 (2024.01); G01T 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/2985 (2013.01); A61B 6/037 (2013.01); A61B 6/4266 (2013.01); A61B 6/4275 (2013.01); A61B 6/4435 (2013.01); G01T 1/20181 (2020.05); G01T 1/20182 (2020.05);
Abstract
A detector unit for a PET imaging system is disclosed that includes a gantry having a patient-receiving tunnel, where the detector unit includes a plurality of detector elements in a helical arrangement around an axial axis of the PET imaging system.