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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:
Mar. 01, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Hamamatsu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
25036303 ; 25036310 ; 2505051 ; 25036304 ;
Abstract
A positron CT scanner includes a plurality of detectors arranged in a generally cylindrical multi-layers of rings, and slice septa for restricting visual fields of the detectors so that the visual fields intersect a set axis. An interval of the slice septa is substantially corresponds to a plural number of detector cells each of which can determine positions of .gamma. rays incident in the direction of the set axis. The slice septa are movable relatively to the detector cells in the direction of the set axis during a .gamma. ray counting operation.