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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2007
Takuzo Takayama, Otawara, JP;
Katsuhiko Fujimoto, Saitama, JP;
Shigeharu Ohyu, Yaita, JP;
Yasuo Sakurai, Otawara, JP;
Mariko Shibata, Yokohama, JP;
Atsuko Sugiyama, Nasushiobara, JP;
Keisuke Hashimoto, Nasushiobara, JP;
Takuzo Takayama, Otawara, JP;
Katsuhiko Fujimoto, Saitama, JP;
Shigeharu Ohyu, Yaita, JP;
Yasuo Sakurai, Otawara, JP;
Mariko Shibata, Yokohama, JP;
Atsuko Sugiyama, Nasushiobara, JP;
Keisuke Hashimoto, Nasushiobara, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Abstract
A nuclear medical apparatus for obtaining a distribution of a radioisotope in a subject by administering to a subject a radioactive medicine labeled with a radioisotope, detecting gamma rays given off from the radioisotope in a gamma-ray detecting section and counting the detected gamma rays in a count section. A correcting section is provided to correct for a count taken at the count section, by use of collection efficiency data determined according to the gamma-ray detecting section and an energy the gamma rays possesses.