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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1997
Trung N'Guyen, Le plessis Robinson, FR;
SMV International, Buc Cedex, FR;
Abstract
A collimator intended to be mounted in a detector of a medical imaging system and having holes defined by a given cross section, height in inclination and vergence, as well as to a medical imaging system equipped with a collimator of this type. The holes are collected in at least a first and a second region, the holes in the first region being defined by a first cross section, a first height, a first inclination and a first vergence, the holes in the second region being defined by a second cross section, a second height, a second inclination and a second vergence, and wherein the first cross section is different than the second cross section and/or the first height is different than the second height and/or the first inclination is different than the second inclination and/or the first vergence is different than the second vergence. The invention applies, in particular, to gamma cameras.