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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2002
Kensuke Amemiya, Hitachinaka, JP;
Yuuichirou Ueno, Hitachi, JP;
Hiroshi Kitaguchi, Naka, JP;
Kikuo Umegaki, Hitachinaka, JP;
Shinichi Kojima, Hitachi, JP;
Norihito Yanagida, Hitachi, JP;
Kazuma Yokoi, Hitachi, JP;
Takashi Okazaki, Hitachinaka, JP;
Kensuke Amemiya, Hitachinaka, JP;
Yuuichirou Ueno, Hitachi, JP;
Hiroshi Kitaguchi, Naka, JP;
Kikuo Umegaki, Hitachinaka, JP;
Shinichi Kojima, Hitachi, JP;
Norihito Yanagida, Hitachi, JP;
Kazuma Yokoi, Hitachi, JP;
Takashi Okazaki, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A radiological imaging apparatus of the present invention includes an X-ray source for emitting an X-ray, a γ-ray detecting section for outputting a detection signal of a γ-ray, and an X-ray detecting section for outputting a detecting signal of an X-ray. The X-ray source moves around a bed for placing an examinee. The γ-ray detecting section has a plurality of radiation detectors aligned in the longitudinal direction of the bed and placed around the bed. The X-ray detecting section is positioned in a region formed between one end and the other end of the γ-ray detecting section in the longitudinal direction of the bed. The X-ray source is also positioned in the region. Since the X-ray detecting section is placed in the region, it is possible to accurately combine a PET image and an X-ray computed tomographic image.