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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tadakazu Kurakake, Tokyo, JP;
Mikio Igarashi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T / ; G21K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2503631 ; 378148 ; 248181 ;
Abstract
A scintillation camera includes a plurality of detectors mounted on the camera and arranged to provide an opening for allowing the insertion of an object for examination such as a human being and for radiographing a tomographic image, a plurality of collimators each of which is attached to the front of the corresponding detectors for collimating X-rays radiating from the object for examination, and an exchanger for the collimators, the exchanger including a carrier and a holding device for holding the collimators in a swingable manner in any direction within a certain range by use of a mechanism such as a spherical bearing.