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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2014
Ming-chang Shih, Tainan, TW;
Hung-lung Huang, New Taipei, TW;
Ming-Chang Shih, Tainan, TW;
Hung-Lung Huang, New Taipei, TW;
Other;
Abstract
A device combining magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography for a breast examination is revealed herein to comprise an air pressure source, a servo flow control module, a pedestal disposed under a breast accommodating hole of a breast MRI bed and having a bearing platform for bearing a PET scanner ring thereon, a non-metallic and non-magnetic pneumatic actuator disposed on the pedestal and connected with the servo flow control module, and a movable pulley having a first nylon rope whose one end connects to the bearing platform and the other end connects to a counterweight unit, wherein the bearing platform connects to a displacement measurement unit by a second nylon rope for receipt of a location information thereof and transmission of the same to the servo flow control module for controlling the opening of the servo flow control valve to change gas flows entering into the pneumatic actuator.