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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
May. 16, 1997
Tsutomu Yamakawa, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Takashi Ichihara, Otawara, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A gamma camera system of the present invention comprises a main detector for detecting gamma rays emitted from RIs provided to a subject, an emitter for emitting the gamma rays to the subject, and a sub-detector for detecting the gamma rays emitted from the emitter and transmitted through the subject. The sub-detector has at least one semiconductor element for directly detecting the gamma ray having high energy resolution. Based on the output of the sub-detector, an absorption ratio showing to what degree the gamma rays are absorbed in the subject is calculated. The absorption ratios are used to correct the number of the gamma rays counted based on the output of the main detector. Based on the corrected count values, RIs distribution is reconstructed. Thus, since the sub-detector having high energy resolution and the emitter other than the main detector are provided, the absorption ratios having high accuracy can be measured in parallel with imaging.