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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2008
Applicants:
Leonid Yakubovsky, Haifa, IL;
Alexander Vaisburd, Haifa, IL;
Inventors:
Leonid Yakubovsky, Haifa, IL;
Alexander Vaisburd, Haifa, IL;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/08 (2006.01); G01T 1/166 (2006.01); G01T 1/167 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A nuclear medicine (NM) imaging system having attenuation correction (AC) has a stationary portion having an NM rotating portion mounted thereon. At least one gamma camera head is mounted on the NM rotating portion proximate a front side of the stationary portion and is configured to be rotated about a central axis. An AC portion comprises an X-ray source mounted on an AC rotating portion. The AC rotating portion is mounted proximate a back side of the stationary portion. The X-ray source is configured to be rotated about the central axis.