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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2004
Christian Lackas, Aachen, DE;
Nils Schramm, Aachen, DE;
Uwe Engeland, Göttingen, DE;
Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH, Gottingen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device for carrying out a tomographic method, in particular for carrying out single-photon tomography, with at least one multi-hole collimator and at least one detector, for recording photons which pass through the multi-hole collimator. The above is characterised in comprising means which permit a relative translational movement between an object under investigation and the detector(s) with a positional accuracy of less than 1 millimeter. The relative positional change between object and detector(s) during the execution of the method is taken into account in the subsequent reconstruction method to an accuracy of less than 1 mm, in particular, less than 0.1 mm. A reconstruction method is used for the above which takes into account the positional and angular information between object and detector. Said method may be controlled by and carried out on a current PC.