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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2009
Applicants:
Taiga Yamaya, Chiba, JP;
Hideo Murayama, Chiba, JP;
Inventors:
Taiga Yamaya, Chiba, JP;
Hideo Murayama, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/164 (2006.01); G01T 1/29 (2006.01); G01T 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/2985 (2013.01); G01T 1/1603 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an open PET device including a plurality of detector rings that are arranged apart in the direction of the body axis of a subject and having a physical open field of view area, at least one of the detector rings or another imaging device arranged in parallel is configured to be movable by simple device moving means in order to change the configuration of the PET device. This improves the versatility of the open PET device for easier introduction to facilities.