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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2012
Applicant:
Yuan-chuan Tai, St. Louis, MO (US);
Inventor:
Yuan-Chuan Tai, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
Washington University, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/48 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); G01R 33/34 (2006.01); G01R 33/341 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 5/0035 (2013.01); A61B 6/037 (2013.01); A61B 6/0435 (2013.01); A61B 6/4258 (2013.01); A61B 6/4266 (2013.01); A61B 6/50 (2013.01); A61B 6/501 (2013.01); A61B 6/502 (2013.01); A61B 6/508 (2013.01); A61B 6/5235 (2013.01); G01R 33/481 (2013.01); A61B 6/4417 (2013.01); A61B 2576/00 (2013.01); G01R 33/341 (2013.01); G01R 33/34053 (2013.01);
Abstract
Insert devices that include a RF surface coil and gamma-ray photon detector array for enhancing PET and MRI images produced from integrated PET-MRI scanners are disclosed. Integrated PET-MRI scanners that include such insert devices as well of methods for scanning an object by use of such devices are also disclosed.