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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2011
James Frank Caruba, Bartlett, IL (US);
Darryl Hrdina, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Grant Arthur Albert, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Paul Finlon, Palatine, IL (US);
James Frank Caruba, Bartlett, IL (US);
Darryl Hrdina, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Grant Arthur Albert, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Paul Finlon, Palatine, IL (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
An integrated magnetic resonance (MR) and positron emission tomography (PET) system includes an MR scanner including a magnet that defines an opening in which a subject is positioned, a set of PET detectors disposed about the opening, a plurality of data processing units each electrically connected with a respective one or more of the PET detectors of the set of PET detectors, and a plurality of power supply modules, each power supply module being operable to generate a DC power supply for different groups of one or more of the data processing units. Each power supply module is discrete from the other power supply modules.