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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2002
Applicants:
Nils Schramm, Jülich, DE;
Horst Halling, Inden-Pier, DE;
Gernot Ebel, Göttingen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH, Julich, DE;
Scivis GmbH, Gottingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/164 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tomography device, particularly for single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), comprises a multi-pinhole collimator and a detector for detecting gamma quanta or photons that penetrate the multi-pinhole collimator. In a tomographic method using the device, the distance between the object and the multi-pinhole collimator is selected to be smaller than the distance between the multi-pinhole collimator and the surface of the detector.