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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2005
Applicant:
Eric G. Hawman, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Inventor:
Eric G. Hawman, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/04 (2006.01); G01T 1/161 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A nuclear medicine imaging system includes a bed having a direction of translation, a detector disposed rotationally about an axis of rotation substantially parallel to the direction of translation, and a radioactive line source disposed rotationally about the bed substantially opposite the detector at a first predetermined non-zero angle to the axis of rotation and a second predetermined non-zero angle to a plane of rotation of the detector. The bed may be translated along the along the direction of translation while the detector is rotated about the axis of rotation.