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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tsutomu Yamakawa, Nasu-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/300 ;
Abstract
The present invention calculates incidence directions of gamma rays by an incidence direction calculating circuit on the basis of the incidence directions of gamma rays to detectors. And a planar image generating circuit generates planar image data on the basis of count data relating to an event coincident or near-coincident with an incidence direction designated by an operator on an input device.