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Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012

Filed:

Feb. 19, 2009
Applicants:

Keiji Kobashi, Mito, JP;

Wataru Takeuchi, Hitachi, JP;

Inventors:

Keiji Kobashi, Mito, JP;

Wataru Takeuchi, Hitachi, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/161 (2006.01); G01T 1/166 (2006.01); G01N 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A first γ-ray generating in a body, caused by a PET pharmaceutical, and a second γ-ray emitted from a γ-ray source and transmitting through the body are detected with a radiation detector. The emission image information (E image information), E, Eand E, at each of patient motion phases,and, which divided a respiration period, are prepared by using information obtained from the detected first γ-ray. The transmission image information (T image information), T, Tand T, at each of patient motion phases,and, respectively, are prepared, by using information obtained from the detected second γ-ray. Relative displacements, ([F], [F]), are determined by superimposing, on T image information T, other T image information, Tand T. The E image information, E, E, are superimposed on the E image information E, by using this relative displacement.


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