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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2001
Douglas J. Wagenaar, South Barrington, IL (US);
John T. Pawlak, Lombard, IL (US);
John C. Engdahl, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Douglas J. Wagenaar, South Barrington, IL (US);
John T. Pawlak, Lombard, IL (US);
John C. Engdahl, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
A radionuclide scanner in which multiple detectors are equipped with collimators such that a circular rotation of the detector around a target provides the movement needed for collimator sampling. This collimator sampling is accomplished through strategic placement of the detector heads relative to each other such that for any given projection, a complete imaging of the projection is acquired by summing the complementary contributions of the multiple detector heads at the projection under consideration.