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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Gil Kovalski, Haifa, IL;
Jean-Paul Bouhnik, Zichron Yaacov, IL;
Jonathan Sachs, Haifa, IL;
Yariv Grobshtein, Haifa, IL;
Yulim Zingerman, Netanya, IL;
Arie Eshco, Haifa, IL;
Yaron Hefetz, Kibbutz Alonim, IL;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A customizable and upgradable imaging system is provided. Imaging detector columns are installed in a gantry to receive imaging information about a subject. Imaging detector columns can extend and retract radially as well as be rotated orbitally around the gantry. The gantry can be partially populated with detector columns and the detector columns can be partially populated with detector elements. The system can automatically adjust an imaging operation based on installation information related to partial population or other factors such as scan type or subject specific information. This system can be a Nuclear Medicine (NM) imaging system to acquire Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) image information.